καταπέτασμα
katapetasma · curtain
Greek word · Strong’s number G2665 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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katapetasma (καταπέτασμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “curtain”.
Veil.
How to say it
ka·ta·pe·tas·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hanging cloth of the temple before the Most Holy Place.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 27:51
And look, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split;
- Mark 15:38
And the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.
- Luke 23:45
the sun having failed; and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn down the middle.
- Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and one that enters into the place inside the curtain,
- Hebrews 9:3
And behind the second curtain was a tent called the Most Holy Place,
- Hebrews 10:20
which he inaugurated for us as a new and living way through the curtain, that is, his flesh,