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Strong's G2665 · Greek

καταπέτασμα

katapetasma · kat-ap-et'-as-mah

from a compound of 2596 and a congener of 4072; something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κατα-πέτασμα (G2665)

6 † κατα-πέτασμα , -τος, τό (= cl. παραπέτασμα ), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרֹכֶת (the veil of the Holy of Holies), Ex 26:31 , Le 21:23 , al.; also for מָסָךְ (the outer veil), Ex 35:12 , Nu 3:26 , al. (elsewhere κάλυμμα );] in NT always the inner veil or curtain of the Temple (or Tabernacle): Mt 27:51 , Mk 15:38 , Lk 23:45 , He 6:19 9:3 ; fig., ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ , He 10:20 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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