Strong G343ἀνακαλύπτω

to unveil

Transliteration
anakaluptō
Pronunciation
an-ak-al-oop'-to
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 (in the sense of reversal) and G2572; to unveil: - open ([un-]) taken away.

Detailed definition

ἀνα-καλύπτω
[in LXX chiefly for גָּלָה ni., pi.;]
to unveil: metaphorically of removing hindrance to perception of spiritual things, 2Co.3:14 3:18.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G343 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • open1
  • untaken1

First verses

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:14
    But 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. 2 Corinthians 3:18
    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνακᾰλύπτω,
Doric dialect ἀγκ-, uncover, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.952.62 (Epid.))]; reveal, τι πρός τινα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4 85.6)]; τινά, i. e. his character, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Philochorus Historicus 20)]; ἀ. λόγους use open speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1146; ἀ. κάρα)]unveil oneself, Or. [Refs (294)]: so in middle, unveil oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.6.)]
II remove a covering, βλεφάρων μὴ ἀνακαλυφθέντων[NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 444b25, cf. NT.2Cor.3.14.)]