ἀνακαλύπτω: [passive, present participle
ἀνακαλυπτόμενος; perfect participle
ἀνακεκαλυμμένος];
to unveil, to uncover (by drawing back the veil) (equivalent to
גָּלָה,
Job 12:22; Psalm 17:16 (Ps. 18:16): κάλυμμα... μὴ ἀνακαλυπτόμενον the veil... not being lifted (literally, unveiled) [so WH punctuate, see Winers Grammar, 534 (497); but L T Alford etc. take the participle as a neuter accusative absolutely referring to the clause that follows with ὅτι: it not being revealed that, etc.; (for ἀνακαλ. in this sense see Polybius 4, 85, 6; Tobit 12:7, 11); see Meyer at the passage], is used allegorically of a hindrance to the understanding, 2 Corinthians 3:14 (ἀνακαλύπτειν συγκάλυμμα, Deuteronomy 22:30 Alex.); ἀνακεκαλυμμένῳ προσώπῳ with unveiled face, 2 Corinthians 3:18, is also used allegorically of a mind not blinded, but disposed to perceive the glorious majesty of Christ. (The word is used by Euripides, Xenophon, [Aristotle, de sens. 5, vol. i., p. 444b, 25], Polybius, Plutarch)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Deuteronomy
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22:30
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Job
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12:22
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Psalms
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18:16
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2 Corinthians
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3:14; 3:18
