G4028: περικαλύπτω (perikalýptō)

G4028 περικαλύπτω (perikalýptō)

Greek

Quick Definition

περικαλύπτω v. I cover up

Strong's Definition

from 4012 and 2572; to cover all around, i.e. entirely (the face, a surface)

KJV Usage: blindfold, cover, overlay

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

περικαλύπτω (G4028)

verb | καλύπτω

79.115 · Features of Objects · Covered Over

to cover, to cover around to cover by putting something around

MRK 14:65 · LUK 22:64 · HEB 9:4

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

περι-καλύπτω ; 1 aor. ptcep. περικαλύψας ; pf. pass. ptep. περικεκαλυμμένος ; fr. Hom. down; to cover all around [περί, III. 1], to cover up, cover over: τὸ πρόσωπον, Mk. xiv. 65; Lk. xxii. 64 [A. V. blindfold]; τὶ χρυσίῳ, Heb. ix. 4 (Ex. xxviii. 20).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

περικαλύπτω perikalyptō 3x

to cover round about, cover over; to cover the face, Mk. 14:65; to blindfold, Lk. 22:64; pass. to be overlaid, Heb. 9:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

περι-καλύπτω,

[in LXX for כּסה‎ pi., שׁבץ pu., etc.;]

to cover around, cover up or over: c. acc., Mk 14:65, Lk 22:64; pass., seq. χρυσίῳ, He 9:4.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

περικαλύπτω (perikaluptō) — to cover. περι-κᾰλύπτω, cover all round, πολέμοιο νέφος περὶ πάντα καλύπτει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινὰ ἱματίοισι or ἐν ἱματίῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θνητὸν περικάλυπτε τῷ θεῷ (i.e. Διονύσῳ), i.e. get drunk, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle and passive, cover oneself all round, [Refs]

II. put round as a covering, αὐτῷ.. περὶ κῶμα κάλυψα put sleep as a cloak around him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ σῶμα [ψυχῇ] [LXX+5th c.BC+] throw a veil of darkness over the deeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]