Quick Definition
ἐπικαλύπτω v. I cover up
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 2572; to conceal, i.e. (figuratively) forgive
KJV Usage: cover
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καλύπτω
40.11 · Reconciliation, Forgiveness · Forgiveness
to forgive, to cause forgiveness (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐπικαλύπτω ‘to cover over, to put a covering on,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause sin to be forgiven
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-καλύπτω : [1 aor. ἐπεκαλύφθην]; to cover over: ai ἁμαρτίαι ἐπικαλύπτονται, are covered over so as not to come to view, i. e. are pardoned, Ro. iv. 7 fr. Ps. xxxi. (G@xxi) Πὰν; ἐπι-κατ-άρατος. -ov, (ἐπικαταράομαι to imprecate curses upon), only in bibl. and eccl. use, accursed, execrable, exposed to divine vengeance, lying under God’s curse: Jn. vii. 49 RG; Gal. iii. 10 (Deut. xxvii. 26) ; ibid. 13 (Deut. xxi. 23); (Sap. iii. 12 (13); xiv. 8; 4 Mace. ii. 19; in Sept. often for 7398).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπικαλύπτω epikalyptō 1x
to cover over; met. to cover or veil by a pardon, Rom. 4:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-καλύπτω
[in LXX for כָּסָה, etc. ;]
to cover over, cover up: metaph., Ro 4:7 (LXX).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπικαλύπτω (epikaluptō) — to cover. ἐπικᾰλύπτ-ω, cover over, cover up, shroud, κακὸν δ᾽ ἐπὶ κῶμα καλύπτει variant in [Refs]; of snow covering a track, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be covered over, veiled, ἡ ἐπωνυμία ἐπικεκάλυπται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 395b; ἐπικαλύπτεσθαι τὸν νοῦν πάθει ἢ ὕπνῳ is darkened, obscured, [Refs]
II. put as a covering over, βλεφάρων φᾶρος [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τῶν βλεφάρων -κεκαλυμμένων when the eyelids are drawn down, [Refs]