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G3871 παρακαλύπτω (parakalýptō)
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Quick Definition

παρακαλύπτω v. I hide, conceal, veil

Strong's Definition

from 3844 and 2572; to cover alongside, i.e. veil (figuratively)

KJV Usage: hide

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | καλύπτω

28.82 · Know · Not Able To Be Known, Secret

to cause to not be known, to hide, to conceal, to make secret to cause something to be unknown or to be known only with great difficulty

LUK 9:45

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

παρα-καλύπτω : to cover over, cover up, hide, conceal: trop. ἦν παρακεκαλυμμένον ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ([it was concealed from them], a Hebraism, on which see in ἀποκρύπτω, b.), Lk. ix. 45 (Ezek. xxii. 26; Plat., Plut., al.).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παρακαλύπτω parakalyptō 1x

to cover over, veil; met. pass. to be veiled from comprehension, Lk. 9:45*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

παρα-καλύπτω,

[in LXX: Is 44:8 (פּחד), Ez 22:26 (עלם hi.)*;]

to cover by hanging something beside, to hide: metaph. (as Plat., al.), Lk 9:45.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παρακαλύπτω, ““ conceal,” ‘‘veil,’”’ is found in the NT metaphorically only in Lk 9%, where Grimm detectsa Hebraism without any adequate cause.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

παρακαλύπτω (parakaluptō) — to hide. παρα-κᾰλύπτω, cover by hanging something beside, cloak, disguise, τῇ μέθῃ τὴν διάνοιαν [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, cover one's face, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (active in same sense, [Refs] veiling itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; set aside, ignore, τὸν θεόν [Refs]

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