Epikalyma means “cloke” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1942 — havvah (“by implication”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1942 ἐπικάλυμα (epikaluma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epikaluma (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah) n. 1. a covering 2. (figuratively) pretext It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include cloke. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
epikaluma (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah) n. 1. a covering 2. (figuratively) pretext [from G1943] KJV: cloke Root(s): G1943
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1942. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
covering
Usage: ἐπι-κάλυμμα, -τος, τό (ἐπικαλύπτω), [in LXX: Exo.26:14 39:34, (מְכַסֶּה), 4Ki.17:19 (מָסָךְ), Job.19:29 (aliter in Heb.)* ;] a cover, veil: metaphorically, τ. κακίας, 1Pe.2:16.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epikaluma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1942 (ἐπικάλυμα) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle rams’ skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.
and the curtains of the court, and the posts, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court,
And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1942.
And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle rams’ skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.
and the curtains of the court, and the posts, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court,
And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.
For wrath will come upon transgressors; And then shall they know where their substance is.
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1942, grouped by book.
Epikalyma (Strong's G1942) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cloke". epikaluma (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah) n. 1. a covering 2. (figuratively) pretext
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G1942 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1942 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cloke. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1942, with linked reader references where each row is available.