Strong's Lexicon
G2572 — καλύπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2572 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καλύπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | akin to G2813 and G2928 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | kalupto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kal-oop'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to cover up {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | cover, hide |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καλύπτω; future καλύψω; 1 aorist ἐκάλυψα; passive, present infinitive καλύπτεσθαι; perfect participle κεκαλυμμενος; (allied with κρύπτω; Vanicek, p. 1091; Curtius, Das Verbum, i. 242 ;) the Sept. for ëÄÌñÈÌä; often in Homer, Tragg. and other poets, more rarely in prose; to cover, cover up; properly: τινα, Luk 23:30; τί τίνι, a thing with anything, Luk 8:16; passive Mat 8:24; tropically, to hide, veil, i. e. to hinder the knowledge of a thing: perfect passive, Mat 10:26; 2Co 4:3; πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, not to regard or impute them, i. e. to pardon them, 1Pe 4:8; to procure pardon of them from God, Jas 5:20; cf. Psa 84:3 () (2); f (f) (Compare: ἀνακαλύπτω, ἀποκαλύπτω, ἐπικαλύπτω, κατακαλύπτω, παρακαλύπτω, περικαλύπτω, συγκαλύπτω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καλύπτω (cover)
Matthew 8:24
- KJV: And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves but he was asleep
- GK: και ιδού σεισμός μέγας εγένετο εν τη θαλάσση ώστε το πλοίον καλύπτεσθαι υπό των κυμάτων αυτός δε εκάθευδε
Matthew 10:26
- KJV: Fear them not therefore for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and hid that shall not be known
- GK: μη ουν φοβηθήτε αυτούς ουδέν γαρ εστι κεκαλυμμένον ο ουκ αποκαλυφθήσεται και κρυπτόν ο ου γνωσθήσεται
Luke 8:16
- KJV: No man when he hath lighted a candle covereth it with a vessel or putteth under a bed but setteth on a candlestick that they which enter in may see the light
- GK: ουδείς δε λύχνον άψας καλύπτει αυτόν σκεύει η υποκάτω κλίνης τίθησιν αλλ΄ επί λυχνίας επιτίθησιν ίνα οι εισπορευόμενοι βλέπωσι το φως
Luke 23:30
- KJV: Then shall they begin to say to the mountains Fall on us and to the hills Cover us
- GK: τότε άρξονται λέγειν τοις όρεσι πέσετε εφ΄ ημάς και τοις βουνοίς καλύψατε ημάς
2 Corinthians 4:3
- KJV: But if our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost
- GK: ει δε και έστι κεκαλυμμένον το ευαγγέλιον ημών εν τοις απολλυμένοις εστί κεκαλυμμένον
James 5:20
- KJV: Let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins
- GK: γινωσκέτω ότι ο επιστρέψας αμαρτωλόν εκ πλάνης οδού αυτού σώσει ψυχήν εκ θανάτου και καλύψει πλήθος αμαρτιών
1 Peter 4:8
- KJV: And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves for charity shall cover the multitude of sins
- GK: προ πάντων δε την εις εαυτούς αγάπην εκτενή έχοντες ότι η αγάπη καλύψει πλήθος αμαρτιών