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Lexicon :: Strong's G2665 - katapetasma

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καταπέτασμα
Transliteration
katapetasma (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ap-et'-as-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of κατά (G2596) and a congener of πέτομαι (G4072)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:628,420

Strong’s Definitions

καταπέτασμα katapétasma, kat-ap-et'-as-mah; from a compound of G2596 and a congener of G4072; something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple:—vail.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2665 in the following manner: veil (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2665 in the following manner: veil (6x).
  1. a veil spread out, a curtain

    1. the name given to the two curtains in the temple at Jerusalem, one of them at the entrance to the temple separated the Holy Place from the outer court, the other veiled the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταπέτασμα katapétasma, kat-ap-et'-as-mah; from a compound of G2596 and a congener of G4072; something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple:—vail.
STRONGS G2665:
καταπέτασμα, καταπετάσματος, τό (καταπετάννυμι to spread out over, to cover), an Alex. Greek word for παραπέτασμα. which the other Greeks use from Herodotus down; a veil spread out, a curtain — the name given in the Greek Scriptures, as well as in the writings of Philo and Josephus, to the two curtains in the temple at Jerusalem (τά καταπετάσματα, 1 Macc. 4:51; (yet cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:611)): one of them (Hebrew מָסָך) at the entrance of the temple separated the Holy place from the outer court (Exodus 26:37; Exodus 38:18; Numbers 3:26; Josephus, b. j. 5, 5, 4; it is called also τό κάλυμμα by the Sept. and Philo, Exodus 27:16; Numbers 3:25; Philo, vit. Moys. 3: §§ 5 and 9), the other veiled the Holy of holies from the Holy place (in Hebrew the פָּרֹכֶת; ἐνδοτερον καταπέτασμα, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 3, 3; τό ἐσωτατον καταπέτασμα Philo de gig. § 12; by the Sept. and Philo this is called pre-eminently τό καταπέτασμα, Exodus 26:31ff; Leviticus 21:23; Leviticus 24:3; Philo, vit. Moys. as above). This latter καταπέτασμα is the only one mentioned in the N. T.: τό καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ, Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45; τό δεύτερον καταπέτασμα, Hebrews 9:3; τό ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος (cf. Leviticus 16:2, 12, 15; Exodus 26:33) the space more inward them the veil, equivalent to 'the space within the veil,' i. e. the Holy of holies, figuratively used of heaven, as the true abode of God, Hebrews 6:19; in a similar figurative way the body of Christ is called καταπέτασμα, in (Heb.) Hebrews 10:20, because, as the veil had to be removed in order that the high priest might enter the most holy part of the earthly temple, so the body of Christ had to be removed by his death on the cross, that an entrance might be opened into the fellowship of God in heaven.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
26:31; 26:33; 26:37; 27:16; 38:18
Leviticus
16:2; 16:12; 16:15; 21:23; 24:3
Numbers
3:25; 3:26
Matthew
27:51
Mark
15:38
Luke
23:45
Hebrews
6:19; 9:3; 10:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2665 matches the Greek καταπέτασμα (katapetasma),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26 - He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:6 - and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the LORD in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:17 - and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - and the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries,[fn] for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. But if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service connected with these.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall list by name the objects that they are required to carry.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,[fn] and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
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