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To cover

κατακαλύπτωStrong’s G2619

katakaluptō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katakaluptō is the Greek word usually translated “covers her head”, “should cover her head” and “cover”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.”
1 Corinthians 11:6 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “covers her head”, “should cover her head” and “cover”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • covers her head 1
  • she should cover her head 1
  • to cover 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

κατακαλύπτω katakaluptō · to cover

κατα-καλύπτω [in LXX chiefly for כָּסָה pi. ;] to cover up; mid., to cover or veil oneself: 1Co.11:6; τ. κεφαλήν, 1Co.11:7.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “cover” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

COVER, verb transitive

[Latin]

  1. To overspread the surface of a thing with another substance; to lay or set over; as, to cover a table with a cloth, or a floor with a carpet.“The valleys are covered with corn” Psalms 65:13“The locusts shall cover the face of the earth” Exodus 10:5
  2. To hide; to conceal by something overspread.“If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me--” Psalms 139:11
  3. To conceal by some intervening object; as, the enemy was covered from our sight by a forest.
  4. To clothe; as, to cover with a robe or mantle; to cover nakedness. 1 Samuel 28:14Exodus 28:42
All definitions and other forms of “cover”
  1. To overwhelm.
  2. To conceal from notice or punishment.“Charity shall cover the multitude of sins” 1 Peter 4:8
  3. To conceal; to refrain from disclosing or confessing.“He that covereth his sin shall not prosper” Proverbs 28:13
  4. To pardon or remit.
  5. To vail, applied to women. 1 Corinthians 11:7
  6. To wrap, infold or envelop; as, to cover a package of goods.
  7. To shelter; to protect; to defend.
  8. To brood; to incubate; as, a hen covering her eggs.
  9. To copulate with a female.
  10. To equal, or be of equal extent; to be equivalent to; as, the receipts do not cover the expenses; a mercantile use of the word.
  11. To disguise; to conceal hypocritically.
  12. To include, embrace or comprehend.

COVER, noun

  1. Any thing which is laid, set or spread over another thing; as the cover of a vessel; the cover of a bed.
  2. Any thing which vails or conceals; a screen; disguise; superficial appearance.
  3. Shelter; defense; protection.
  4. Concealment and protection.
  5. Shelter; retreat; in hunting.

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.