STRONGS G2571:
κάλυμμα,
καλυμματος,
τό (
καλύπτω),
a veil, a covering:
2 Corinthians 3:13 (
Exodus 35:33); (
κάλυμμα, or its equivalent, is suggested to the reader by the context in
1 Corinthians 11:4 κατά κεφαλῆς ἔχων; see
ἔχω, I. 1 b.); metaphorically,
2 Corinthians 3:14-16, of that which prevents a thing from being understood. (
Homer, Tragg.,
Aristophanes, others; the
Sept..)
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