2665. katapetasma
Strong's Concordance
katapetasma: a curtain (the inner veil of the temple)
Original Word: καταπέτασμα, ατος, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: katapetasma
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap-et'-as-mah)
Short Definition: a veil, curtain
Definition: (lit: that which is spread out downwards, that which hangs down), a curtain, veil, of that which separated the Holy of Holies from the outer parts of the temple at Jerusalem, also of an outer curtain at the entrance to the Holy Place in the same temple.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2665: καταπέτασμα

καταπέτασμα, καταπετάσματος, τό (καταπετάννυμι to spread out over, to cover), an Alex. Greek word for παραπέτασμα. which the other Greeks use from Herodotus down; a veil spread out, a curtain — the name given in the Greek Scriptures, as well as in the writings of Philo and Josephus, to the two curtains in the temple at Jerusalem (τά καταπετάσματα, 1 Macc. 4:51; (yet cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:611)): one of them (Hebrew מָסָך) at the entrance of the temple separated the Holy place from the outer court (Exodus 26:37; Exodus 38:18; Numbers 3:26; Josephus, b. j. 5, 5, 4; it is called also τό κάλυμμα by the Sept. and Philo, Exodus 27:16; Numbers 3:25; Philo, vit. Moys. 3: §§ 5 and 9), the other veiled the Holy of holies from the Holy place (in Hebrew the פָּרֹכֶת; ἐνδοτερον καταπέτασμα, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 3, 3; τό ἐσωτατον καταπέτασμα Philo de gig. § 12; by the Sept. and Philo this is called pre-eminently τό καταπέτασμα, Exodus 26:31ff; Leviticus 21:23; Leviticus 24:3; Philo, vit. Moys. as above). This latter καταπέτασμα is the only one mentioned in the N. T.: τό καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ, Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45; τό δεύτερον καταπέτασμα, Hebrews 9:3; τό ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος (cf. Leviticus 16:2, 12, 15; Exodus 26:33) the space more inward them the veil, equivalent to 'the space within the veil,' i. e. the Holy of holies, figuratively used of heaven, as the true abode of God, Hebrews 6:19; in a similar figurative way the body of Christ is called καταπέτασμα, in (Heb.) , because, as the veil had to be removed in order that the high priest might enter the most holy part of the earthly temple, so the body of Christ had to be removed by his death on the cross, that an entrance might be opened into the fellowship of God in heaven.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
a curtain or veil

From a compound of kata and a congener of petomai; something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple -- vail.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK petomai

Forms and Transliterations
καταπετασθή καταπετασμα καταπέτασμα καταπετάσματι καταπετασματος καταπετάσματος καταπέτασματος κατάπικροι κατεπήδησεν κατέπηξαν katapetasma katapétasma katapetasmatos katapetásmatos
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6 Occurrences


καταπέτασμα — 4 Occ.
καταπετάσματος — 2 Occ.

Matthew 27:51 N-NNS
GRK: ἰδοὺ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ
NAS: And behold, the veil of the temple
KJV: behold, the veil of the temple
INT: behold the veil of the temple

Mark 15:38 N-NNS
GRK: Καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ
NAS: And the veil of the temple was torn
KJV: And the veil of the temple was rent
INT: And the veil of the temple

Luke 23:45 N-NNS
GRK: δὲ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ
NAS: was obscured; and the veil of the temple
KJV: and the veil of the temple
INT: moreover the veil of the temple

Hebrews 6:19 N-GNS
GRK: ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος
NAS: and one which enters within the veil,
KJV: into that within the veil;
INT: within the veil

Hebrews 9:3 N-ANS
GRK: τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ
NAS: the second veil there was a tabernacle
KJV: the second veil, the tabernacle
INT: the second veil a tabernacle which

Hebrews 10:20 N-GNS
GRK: διὰ τοῦ καταπετάσματος τοῦτ' ἔστιν
NAS: for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
KJV: through the veil, that is to say,
INT: through the veil that is

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