Curtain
καταπέτασμαStrong’s G2665katapetasma
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katapetasma is the Greek word usually translated “veil”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;”
Meaning
Usually translated “veil”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- veil 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Hebrews 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Hebrews 10:20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Greek dictionary
καταπέτασμα katapetasma · curtain
κατα-πέτασμα, -τος, τό (= cl. παραπέτασμα) [in LXX chiefly for פֹּרֶכֶת (the veil of the Holy of Holies), Exo.26:31, Lev.21:23, al.; also for מָסָךְ (the outer veil), Exo.35:12, Num_3:26, al. (elsewhere κάλυμμα) ;] in NT always the inner veil or curtain of the Temple (or Tabernacle): Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38, Luk.23:45, Heb.6:19 9:3; figuratively, ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ Heb.10:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “curtain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CURTAIN, noun
[Low Latin, in fortification. This word may be from the root of court, and from the sense of separating.]
- A cloth hanging round a bed, or at a window, which may be contracted, spread or drawn aside at pleasure; intended for ornament, or for use.
- A cloth-hanging used in theaters, to conceal the stage from the spectators.
- In fortification, that part of the rampart which is between the flanks of two bastions, bordered with a parapet five feet high, behind which the soldiers stand to fire on the covered way and into the moat.
- In scripture, tents; dwellings. Habakkuk 3:7
All definitions and other forms of “curtain”
CURTAIN, verb transitive
To inclose with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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.