Strong's Concordance epikalumma: a cover, veil Original Word: ἐπικάλυμμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: epikalumma Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah) Short Definition: a covering, cloak, pretext Definition: a covering, cloak, veil, pretext. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1942: ἐπικάλυμμαἐπικάλυμμα, ἐπικαλυμτος, 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 δέ πολλῶν ἐπικαλυμμ' ἐστι κακῶν, Menander quoted in Stobaeus, flor. 91, 19 (iii. 191, Gaisf. edition); quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium et velamentum, Seneca, vita beata 12). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cloak.From epikalupto; a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext -- cloke. see GREEK epikalupto Forms and Transliterations επικαλυμμα επικάλυμμα ἐπικάλυμμα επικαλύμματα επικαλύμματος epikalumma epikalymma epikálymmaLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 19421 Occurrence ἐπικάλυμμα — 1 Occ. 1 Peter 2:16 N-ANS GRK: μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς NAS: your freedom as a covering for evil, KJV: for a cloke of maliciousness, INT: not as a covering having of the |