STRONGS G1942:
ἐπικάλυμμα,
-τος,
τό, (
ἐπικαλύπτω),
a covering, veil; properly, in the
Sept.:
Exodus 26:14;
Exodus 36:19 Complutensian [cf. 39:21
Tdf.]; metaphorically, equivalent to
a pretext, cloak:
τῆς κακίας,
1 Peter 2:16 (
πλοῦτος δὲ πολλῶν ἐπικαλυμμ’ ἐστὶ κακῶν, Menander quoted in Stobaeus, flor. 91, 19 [iii. 191, Gaisf. edition]; "
quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium et velamentum," Seneca, vita beata 12).
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