Veil
κάλυμμαStrong’s G2571kalumma
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kalumma is the Greek word usually translated “veil”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:”
Meaning
Usually translated “veil”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a veil 2
- veil 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 4
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Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 3:15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
- 2 Corinthians 3:16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
Greek dictionary
κάλυμμα kalumma · veil
κάλυμμα, -τος, τό (καλύπτω), [in LXX: Num.3:25 4:8 ff. (מְכַסֶּה), Exo_34:33 ff. (מַסְוֶה), etc. ;] a covering, veil: 2Co.3:13-16 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “veil” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VEIL, noun
[Latin velum.
- A cover; a curtain; something to intercept the view and lude an object.
- A cover; a disguise. [See Vail.
All definitions and other forms of “veil”
VEIL, verb transitive
- To cover with a veil; to conceal.
- To invest; to cover.
- To hide. [See Vail.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.