G2665: καταπέτασμα
katapétasma · “curtain”
Definition
something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple
KJV translates it as: vail
Word origin: from a compound of G2596 (κατά) and a congener of G4072 (πέτομαι);
Extended definition
(= cl. παραπέτασμα) [in LXX chiefly for פֹּרֶכֶת (the veil of the Holy of Holies), Exo.26:31, Lev.21:23, al.; also for מָסָךְ (the outer veil), Exo.35:12, Num_3:26, al. (elsewhere κάλυμμα) ;]
in NT always the inner veil or curtain of the Temple (or Tabernacle): Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38, Luk.23:45, Heb.6:19 9:3; figuratively, ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ Heb.10:20.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2665 is translated
- veil ×4
- veil, ×2
Bible verses with G2665 (katapétasma)
Katapétasma appears in 6 verses.
- Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 23:45
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Hebrews 9:3
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Hebrews 10:20
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;