Strong G2572καλύπτω
to cover
- Transliteration
- kaluptō
- Pronunciation
- kal-oop'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
καλύπτω
[in LXX almost always for כָּסָה pi.;]
in cl., rare in prose,
to cover: with accusative of person(s), Luk.23:30; with accusative of thing(s) and dative, Luk.8:16; pass., Mat.8:24; metaphorically, to veil, conceal: pf. ptcp. pass., Mat.10:26, 2Co.4:3; of the forgiveness of sins (cf. Psa.32:5 85:2; DB, ii, 56b): 1Pe.4:8, Jas.5:20; (seel. for καιομένη, WH, mg., Luk.24:32).†
(AS)
[in LXX almost always for כָּסָה pi.;]
in cl., rare in prose,
to cover: with accusative of person(s), Luk.23:30; with accusative of thing(s) and dative, Luk.8:16; pass., Mat.8:24; metaphorically, to veil, conceal: pf. ptcp. pass., Mat.10:26, 2Co.4:3; of the forgiveness of sins (cf. Psa.32:5 85:2; DB, ii, 56b): 1Pe.4:8, Jas.5:20; (seel. for καιομένη, WH, mg., Luk.24:32).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2572 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cover4
- covereth1
- hid1
- hide1
First verses
- Matthew 8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 10:26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
- Luke 8:16No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
- Luke 23:30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
- James 5:20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
- 1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰλύπτ-ω,
Epic dialect imperfect κάλυπτον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.20)]: future -ψω[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1045:)]aorist ἐκάλυψα, Epic dialect κάλ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.693:)] —middle, future καλύψομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((ἐγ-) 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.12, (συγ-) 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.59 J)].: Epic dialect aorist καλυψάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.141, +others)]:—passive, future καλυφθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.11.11, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.130J., 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 9.3, (δια-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.13)]: aorist ἐκαλύφθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.402, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 531)]: aorist 2 participle καλῠφείς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“CPR” 239.5 (3rd c.AD))]: perfect κεκάλυμμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.360, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.4, 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 26.3)]: pluperfect κεκάλυπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.549.--Rare in Prose, except in compounds (Cf. κέλυφος, καλύβη)], Latin oc-culo, celo.)
I cover, frequently with dative instrumental, παρδαλέῃ.. μετάφρενον εὐρὺ κάλυψε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.29; σάωσε δὲ νυκτὶ καλύψας 5.23 (but in 13.425, ἐρεβεννῇ νυκτὶ καλύψαι)] is to kill); simply, cover, μέλαν δέ ἑ κῦμα κάλυψεν [Refs (23.693; ἐπισκύνιον κάτω ἕλκεται ὄσσε καλύπτων 17.136)]; [πέτρον] περὶ Χεὶρ ἐκάλυψεν his hand covered, grasped a stone, [Refs (16.735)]; of death, τὼ.. τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5.553; τὸν δὲ σκότος ὄσσε κάλυψεν 4.461, 503, etc.; τὸν δὲ κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρεβεννὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψεν 13.580; τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε νὺξ ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα 14.439; so τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε 17.591; ἑ πένθος ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκάλυψε 11.250: frequently in Lyric poetry and Trag., ὅταν θανάτοιο κυάνεον νέφος καλύψῃ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.64)]; κ. Χθονὶ γυῖα, i.e. to be buried, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.38)]; but Χθονί, τάφῳ κ., bury, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 582 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 28)]; γῇ, Χέρσῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1633, “Hel.” 1066: _absolutely_, καὐτὴ καλύψω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1045)]: rare in Prose, μὴ καλύπτειν τὰ δολοσχερέα τοῖς εἱματίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1218.7 (Ceos, 5th c.BC))]; of armour, protect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.5)]:—middle, cover or veil oneself, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.141; κρηδέμνῳ δ᾽ ἐφύπερθε καλύψατο 14.184)]; λευκοῖσιν φαρέεσσι καλυψαμένω (feminine dual) Χρόα καλόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 198: _absolutely_, καλυψάμενος δ᾽ ἐνὶ νηῒ κείμην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.53)]:—passive, ἀσπίδι ταυρείῃ κεκαλυμμένος.. ὤμους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.360; ἐν Χλαίνῃ κεκ. 24.163; Χαλκῷ, ἠέρι, 13.192, 21.549; οἰὸς ἀώτῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.443; φρικὶ καλυφθείς, of the sea, 4.402)]: in Prose, τὸν νεκρὸν κεκαλυμμένον φερέτω σιγᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Michel” 995 C 32 (Delph., 5th-4th c.BC))]; [βράγχια] καλυπτόμενα καλύμματι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 505a6; κεκαλυμμένος)]veiled [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).514.10 (from Lycosura).)]
I.2 hide, conceal, κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππῳ concealed in it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.503)]:—active, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 52, etc.; ἔξω μέ που καλύψατε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1411, cf. NT.Luke.23.30; κρυφῇ κ. καρδίᾳ τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1254)]; σιγῇ κ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 712: _metaphorically_, ἐκάλυψας τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν LXX.Psa.84(85).2, cf. NT.Jam.5.20.)]
I.3 cover with dishonour, throw a cloud over, σὺ μὴ κάλυπτε τὰς εὐδαίμονας ἔργοις Ἀθήνας ἀνοσίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 282.)]
II put over as a covering, πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο πτύγμ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.315)]; τόσσην οἱ ἄσιν καθύπερθε καλύψω I will put mud over him,[Refs (21.321; ἀμφὶ Μενοιτιάδῃ σάκος εὐρὺ καλύψας 17.132; πρόσθεν δὲ σάκος στέρνοιο κάλυψε 22.313.)]
Epic dialect imperfect κάλυπτον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.20)]: future -ψω[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1045:)]aorist ἐκάλυψα, Epic dialect κάλ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.693:)] —middle, future καλύψομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((ἐγ-) 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.12, (συγ-) 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.59 J)].: Epic dialect aorist καλυψάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.141, +others)]:—passive, future καλυφθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.11.11, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.130J., 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 9.3, (δια-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.13)]: aorist ἐκαλύφθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.402, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 531)]: aorist 2 participle καλῠφείς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“CPR” 239.5 (3rd c.AD))]: perfect κεκάλυμμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.360, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.4, 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 26.3)]: pluperfect κεκάλυπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.549.--Rare in Prose, except in compounds (Cf. κέλυφος, καλύβη)], Latin oc-culo, celo.)
I cover, frequently with dative instrumental, παρδαλέῃ.. μετάφρενον εὐρὺ κάλυψε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.29; σάωσε δὲ νυκτὶ καλύψας 5.23 (but in 13.425, ἐρεβεννῇ νυκτὶ καλύψαι)] is to kill); simply, cover, μέλαν δέ ἑ κῦμα κάλυψεν [Refs (23.693; ἐπισκύνιον κάτω ἕλκεται ὄσσε καλύπτων 17.136)]; [πέτρον] περὶ Χεὶρ ἐκάλυψεν his hand covered, grasped a stone, [Refs (16.735)]; of death, τὼ.. τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5.553; τὸν δὲ σκότος ὄσσε κάλυψεν 4.461, 503, etc.; τὸν δὲ κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρεβεννὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψεν 13.580; τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε νὺξ ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα 14.439; so τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε 17.591; ἑ πένθος ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκάλυψε 11.250: frequently in Lyric poetry and Trag., ὅταν θανάτοιο κυάνεον νέφος καλύψῃ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.64)]; κ. Χθονὶ γυῖα, i.e. to be buried, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.38)]; but Χθονί, τάφῳ κ., bury, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 582 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 28)]; γῇ, Χέρσῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1633, “Hel.” 1066: _absolutely_, καὐτὴ καλύψω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1045)]: rare in Prose, μὴ καλύπτειν τὰ δολοσχερέα τοῖς εἱματίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1218.7 (Ceos, 5th c.BC))]; of armour, protect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 12.5)]:—middle, cover or veil oneself, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.141; κρηδέμνῳ δ᾽ ἐφύπερθε καλύψατο 14.184)]; λευκοῖσιν φαρέεσσι καλυψαμένω (feminine dual) Χρόα καλόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 198: _absolutely_, καλυψάμενος δ᾽ ἐνὶ νηῒ κείμην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.53)]:—passive, ἀσπίδι ταυρείῃ κεκαλυμμένος.. ὤμους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.360; ἐν Χλαίνῃ κεκ. 24.163; Χαλκῷ, ἠέρι, 13.192, 21.549; οἰὸς ἀώτῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.443; φρικὶ καλυφθείς, of the sea, 4.402)]: in Prose, τὸν νεκρὸν κεκαλυμμένον φερέτω σιγᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Michel” 995 C 32 (Delph., 5th-4th c.BC))]; [βράγχια] καλυπτόμενα καλύμματι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 505a6; κεκαλυμμένος)]veiled [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).514.10 (from Lycosura).)]
I.2 hide, conceal, κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππῳ concealed in it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.503)]:—active, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 52, etc.; ἔξω μέ που καλύψατε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1411, cf. NT.Luke.23.30; κρυφῇ κ. καρδίᾳ τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1254)]; σιγῇ κ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 712: _metaphorically_, ἐκάλυψας τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν LXX.Psa.84(85).2, cf. NT.Jam.5.20.)]
I.3 cover with dishonour, throw a cloud over, σὺ μὴ κάλυπτε τὰς εὐδαίμονας ἔργοις Ἀθήνας ἀνοσίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 282.)]
II put over as a covering, πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο πτύγμ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.315)]; τόσσην οἱ ἄσιν καθύπερθε καλύψω I will put mud over him,[Refs (21.321; ἀμφὶ Μενοιτιάδῃ σάκος εὐρὺ καλύψας 17.132; πρόσθεν δὲ σάκος στέρνοιο κάλυψε 22.313.)]