Quick Definition
κατακαλύπτω v. I veil, cover the head
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 2572; to cover wholly, i.e. veil
KJV Usage: cover, hide
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-καλύπτω : Sept. for 702; fr. Hom. down; to cover up [see κατά, III. 3]; Mid. pres. κατακαλύπτομαι, to veil or cover one’s self: 1 Co. xi. 6; τὴν κεφαλήν, one’s head, ios: Ce
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακαλύπτω katakalyptō 3x
to veil; mid. to veil one’s self, be veiled or covered, 1 Cor. 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 כּסה pi.;]
to cover up; mid., to cover or veil oneself: I Co 11:6; τ. κεφαλήν, I Co 11:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακαλύπτομαι. Syll 877}} (c. B.C. 420) τὸν θανόϊν]τα [δὲ φέρεν κ]ατακεκαλυμμένον σιωπῆι μέ[χ]ρι [ἐπὶ τὸ σ]ῆμα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατακαλύπτω (katakaluptō) — to cover. κατακᾰλύπτω, cover up, κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν (i.e. μηρούς) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἴδην δὲ κατὰ νεφέεσσι κ[Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, κατὰ κρᾶτα καλυψάμενος γοάασκεν having covered his head, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so -καλυψάμενος alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν κατακεκαλυμμένος τις γνοίη even one veiled would perceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]