Quick Definition
ἐπικάλυμμα, ατος, τό n.n. a covering, cloak, pretext
Strong's Definition
from 1943; a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext
KJV Usage: cloke
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | καλύπτω
28.56 · Know · Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed
means of hiding, pretext, means of covering up the true nature of something that which causes something to be known as or to appear to be other than it really is, thus causing its true nature to be unknown
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-κάλυμμα, -τος, τό, (ἐπικαλύπτω), α covering, veil; prop. in Sept.: Ex. xxvi. 14; xxxvi. 19 Compl. [ef. xxxix. 21 Tdf.]; metaph. i. q. a pretext, cloak: τῆς κακίας, 1 Pet. ii. 16 (πλοῦτος δὲ πολλῶν ἐπικάλυμμ᾽ ἐστὶ κακῶν, Menand. ap. Stob. flor. 91, 19 [iii. 191 ed. Gaisf.]; “quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium et velamentum,” Seneca, vita beata 12).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπικάλυμμα epikalymma 1x
a covering, veil; met. a cloak, 1 Pet. 2:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-κάλυμμα, -τος, τό
(< ἐπικαλύπτω), [in LXX: Ex 26:14 39:21(34), (מְכַסֶּה), IV Ki 17:19 (מָסָךְ), Jb 19:29 (aliter in Heb.)* ;]
a cover, veil: metaph., τ. κακίας, I Pe 2:16.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπικάλυμμα (epikalumma) — covering. ἐπικάλυμμα [κᾰ], ατος, τό, cover, veil, πλοῦτος πολλῶν ἐ. ἐστιν κακῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 90.
II. in animals, covering of any orifice, of the gills of fish, [Refs]; of the opercula of crabs and other crustacea, [Refs]