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GreekG2665Noun (Neuter)

καταπέτασμα

katapetasma

6Occurrences
G2665Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple

from a compound of G2596 (κατά) and a congener of G4072 (πέτομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
in NT always the inner veil or curtain of the Temple (or Tabernacle): ; figuratively, ἡ *σὰρξ αὐτοῦ *.
LXX: chiefly for פֹּרֶכֶת (the veil of the Holy of Holies), also for מָסָךְ (the outer veil), Num_3:26 (elsewhere κάλυμμα)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

καταπέτασμα appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
3
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Hebrews 10:20BSB

by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

Hebrews 6:19BSB

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Hebrews 9:3BSB

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

Luke 23:45BSB

The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Matthew 27:51BSB

At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.