a curtain (the inner veil of the temple) Original Word: καταπέτασμαTransliteration: katapetasma Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap-et'-as-mah) Short Definition: curtain
from kata and petannumi (to spread out) Definition a curtain (the inner veil of the temple) NASB Word Usage veil (6). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From a compound of kata and a congener of petomai; something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple -- vail. see GREEK kata see GREEK petomai καταπέτασμα (katapetasma) − 4 Occurrences καταπετάσματος (katapetasmatos) − 2 Occurrences
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