Strong's Number G2665

καταπέτασμα

katapetasma · kat-ap-et'-as-mah

Transliteration:

katapetasma{kat-ap-et'-as-mah}

Word Origin:

from a compound of 2596 and a congener of 4072

TDNT:

3:628,420

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple

Usage in the KJV:

veil 6

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a veil spread out, a curtain
1. the name given to the two curtains in the temple at Jerusalem, one of them at the entrance to the temple separated the Holy Place from the outer court, the other veiled the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place