Quick Definition
I veil, cover the head
Strong's Definition
to cover wholly, i.e. veil
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2572 (καλύπτω);
KJV Usage: cover, hide
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατακαλύπτω: the Sept. for λΔΜρΘΜδ; from Homer down; to cover up (see κατά, III. 3); middle present κατακαλύπτομαι, to veil or cover oneself: 1Co_11:6; τήν κεφαλήν, one's head, 1Co_11:7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακαλύπτω katakalyptō 3x
to veil; mid. to veil one s self, be veiled or covered, 1Co_11:6-7 .
In the pres act ind., 2nd sg, the personal ending σαι does not simplify as normal, κατακαυχᾶσαι
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -καλύπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3680 pi .;]
to cover up; mid ., to cover or veil oneself: 1Co_11:6 ; τ . κεφαλήν , 1Co_11:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακαλύπτομαι (~ κατακαλύπτω ) [page 326]
Syll 877 .11 ( c. B.C. 420) τὸν θανό [ν ]τα [δὲ φέρεν κ ]ατακεκαλυμμένον σιωπῆι μέ [χ ]ρι [ἐπὶ τὸ σ ]ῆμα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατακαλύπτω fut. ψω "to cover up", Il. , Hdt. , attic:— Mid., in tmesi, κατὰ κρᾶτα καλυψάμενος "having covered his" head, Od. ; so -καλυψάμενος alone, "having veiled oneself", Hdt. ; and -κεκαλυμμένος id=Hdt. , Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-καλύπτω
[in LXX chiefly for כָּסָה pi. ;]
to cover up; mid., to cover or veil oneself: 1Co.11:6; τ. κεφαλήν, 1Co.11:7.†
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