Strong’s G1942 · Greek
ἐπικάλυμα
epikályma · ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah
Origin from ἐπικαλύπτω (G1943);
Meaning a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext
In the King James Version cloke.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- 1 Peter 2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.