Covering Cover
Covering Cover [1]
signifies "to cover," Matthew 8:24; 10;26; Luke 8:16; 23:30; James 5:20 (Rv); 1 Peter 4:8; to veil, in 2 Corinthians 4:3 (Rv; Av, "hid"). See Hide.
2 Corinthians 3:13-16Veil.
"to cover up or over" (epi, "over"), is used in Romans 4:7 , lit., "whose sins are covered over." Cp. epikalumma, "a cloke," 1 Peter 2:16 .
"to cover around" (peri, "around"), e.g., the face, and so, to blindfold, is translated "cover" in Mark 14:65 , "blindfold" in Luke 22:64 . In Hebrews 9:4 , it signifies "to overlay." See Blindfold , Overlay.
lit., "to cover together;" the sun--, however, is intensive, and the verb signifies "to cover wholly, to cover up," Luke 12:2 .
"to cover up" (kata, intensive), in the Middle Voice, "to cover oneself," is used in 1 Corinthians 11:6,7 (Rv, "veiled").
1 Corinthians 11:4
lit. denotes "something thrown around" (peri, "around," ballo, "to throw"); hence, "a veil, covering," 1 Corinthians 11:15 (marg.), or "a mantle around the body, a vesture," Hebrews 1:12 . See Clothing , Note (1), Vesture.
"a covering" (skepazo, "to cover"), strictly, "a roofing," then, "any kind of shelter or covering," is used in the plural in 1 Timothy 6:8 (Av, "rainment;" Rv, "covering").