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Strong's G2665 καταπέτασμα (katapetasma)

Katapetasma means “vail” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2665 — chephes (“search”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2665
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 11

Strong's G2665 Quick Answer

Strong's G2665 καταπέτασμα (katapetasma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katapetasma (kat-ap-et'-as-mah) n. 1. something spread thoroughly 2. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple It has 41 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include temple. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
katapetasma (kat-ap-et'-as-mah) n. 1. something spread thoroughly 2. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
temple

Meaning and Definition

katapetasma (kat-ap-et'-as-mah) n. 1. something spread thoroughly 2. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple [from a compound of G2596 and a congener of G4072] KJV: vail Root(s): G2596, G4072

Original Word
καταπέτασμα
Transliteration
katapetasma
Derivation
Root: πέτομαι R1: 2596 R2: 4072
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2665. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

curtain

Usage: κατα-πέτασμα, -τος, τό (= cl. παραπέτασμα) [in LXX chiefly for פֹּרֶכֶת (the veil of the Holy of Holies), Exo.26:31, Lev.21:23, al.; also for מָסָךְ (the outer veil), Exo.35:12, Num_3:26, al. (elsewhere κάλυμμα) ;] in NT always the inner veil or curtain of the Temple (or Tabernacle): Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38, Luk.23:45, Heb.6:19 9:3; figuratively, ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ Heb.10:20.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2665 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katapetasma, 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.

temple Matthew 27:51

How Strong's G2665 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2665 (καταπέτασμα) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2665 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2665 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 27:51 KJV

And, 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 15:38 KJV

And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

Luke 23:45 KJV

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Strong's G2665 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 26:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work.

Exodus 26:33 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt put the veil on the posts, and thou shalt carry in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

Exodus 26:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt screen with the veil the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

Strong's G2665 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 1:22 Septuagint / Brenton

and the table of the showbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials, and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crowns, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.

1 Maccabees 4:51 Septuagint / Brenton

Furthermore they set the loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they had begun to make.

Wisdom of Sirach 50:5 Septuagint / Brenton

How was he honored in the midst of the people In his coming out of the sanctuary!

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2665.

Exodus 26:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work.
Exodus 26:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put the veil on the posts, and thou shalt carry in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.
Exodus 26:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt screen with the veil the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.
Exodus 26:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and thou shalt put the table on the north side of the tabernacle.
Exodus 26:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make for the veil five posts, and thou shalt gild them with gold; and their chapiters shall be gold; and thou shalt cast for them five brazen sockets.
Exodus 27:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that is before the ark of the covenant, shall Aaron and his sons burn it from evening until morning, before the Lord: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the children of Israel.
Exodus 30:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence.
Exodus 37:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs.
Exodus 37:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,
Exodus 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
Exodus 38:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He overlaid the posts with silver, and cast for each post golden rings, and gilded the bars with gold; and he gilded the posts of the veil with gold, and made the hooks of gold.
Exodus 39:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil;
Exodus 39:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the garments of the sanctuary which belong to Aaron, and the garments of his sons, for the priestly ministry;
Exodus 40:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt place in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,
Exodus 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 40:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on it the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
Leviticus 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, over against the holy veil.
Leviticus 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall dip his finger into some of the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, and let him not come in at all times into the holy place within the veil before the propitiatory, which is upon the ark of the testimony, and he shall not die; for I will appear in a cloud on the propitiatory.
Leviticus 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil.
Leviticus 16:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall kill the goat for the sin offering that is for the people, before the Lord; and he shall bring in of its blood within the veil, and shall do with its blood as he did with the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle its blood on the mercy seat, in front of the mercy seat.
Leviticus 21:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.
Leviticus 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
outside the veil in the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening until morning before the Lord continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
Numbers 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.
Numbers 3:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.
Numbers 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony.
Numbers 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.
Numbers 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.
3 Kingdoms 6:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
2 Chronicles 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
Matthew 27:51 New Testament, KJV
And, 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 15:38 New Testament, KJV
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Luke 23:45 New Testament, KJV
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Hebrews 6:19 New Testament, KJV
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Hebrews 9:3 New Testament, KJV
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Hebrews 10:20 New Testament, KJV
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
1 Maccabees 1:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and the table of the showbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials, and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crowns, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.
1 Maccabees 4:51 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Furthermore they set the loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they had begun to make.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
How was he honored in the midst of the people In his coming out of the sanctuary!

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2665, grouped by book.

Exodus 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 3 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2665 FAQ

What does katapetasma (καταπέτασμα) mean?

Katapetasma (Strong's G2665) is a Greek word most simply glossed "vail". katapetasma (kat-ap-et'-as-mah) n. 1. something spread thoroughly 2. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple

How many times is katapetasma (καταπέτασμα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G2665 across 11 books.

Where can I study katapetasma (καταπέτασμα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2665 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate katapetasma (καταπέτασμα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as temple. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2665 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 32 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2665, with linked reader references where each row is available.