Strong G4028περικαλύπτω

to cover

Transliteration
perikaluptō
Pronunciation
per-ee-kal-oop'-to
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4012 and G2572; to cover all around that is entirely (the face a surface): - blindfold cover overlay.

Detailed definition

περι-καλύπτω
[in LXX for כָּסָה pi., שָׁבַץ pu., etc.;]
to cover around, cover up or over. with accusative, Mrk.14:65, Luk.22:64; pass., before χρυσίῳ, Heb.9:4.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4028 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • blindfold1
  • cover1
  • overlaid1

First verses

  1. Mark 14:65
    And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
  2. Luke 22:64
    And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
  3. Hebrews 9:4
    Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περι-κᾰλύπτω,
cover all round, πολέμοιο νέφος περὶ πάντα καλύπτει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.243, compare 10.201; π. δένδρεον πίλῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23)]; τινὰ ἱματίοισι or ἐν ἱματίῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.14: _metaphorically_, π. σωτηρία τοὺς νόμους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793b)]; τὸ θνητὸν περικάλυπτε τῷ θεῷ (i.e. Διονύσῳ), i.e. get drunk, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 20; τὰ πάθη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.100f; π. καὶ ἀρνεῖσθαι [prev. work]1013e:)] —middle and passive, cover oneself all round, [Refs ([prev. work] 51d, etc.)]
II put round as a covering, αὐτῷ.. περὶ κῶμα κάλυψα put sleep as a cloak around him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.359)]; τὸ σῶμα [ψυχῇ] [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 34b; π. τὰ Χερουβεὶν ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτόν LXX.3Ki.8.7: _metaphorically_, π. τοῖσι πράγμασι σκότον)] throw a veil of darkness over the deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1522.)]