Strong’s G2665 · Greek
καταπέτασμα
katapétasma · kat-ap-et'-as-mah
Origin from a compound of κατά (G2596) and a congener of πέτομαι (G4072);
Meaning something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple
In the King James Version vail.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Hebrews 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Hebrews 10:20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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.