Peribolaion means “covering” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4018 — mebashshelah (“cooking hearth”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4018 περιβόλαιον (peribolaion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. peribolaion (per-ib-ol'-ai-on) n. 1. something thrown around one, i.e. a mantle, veil [neuter of a presumed derivative of G4016] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include covering. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
peribolaion (per-ib-ol'-ai-on) n. 1. something thrown around one, i.e. a mantle, veil [neuter of a presumed derivative of G4016] KJV: covering, vesture Root(s): G4016
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4018. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
covering
Usage: περι-βόλαιον, -ου, τό (περιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for כְּסוּת, לְבוּשׁ and cognate forms ;] that which is thrown around, a covering, in NT, __(a) a mantle (Psa.102:27, Isa.59:17, al.) : Heb.1:12" (LXX) __(b) a veil: 1Co.11:15 (but see ICC, in l).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render peribolaion, 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, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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 G4018 (περιβόλαιον) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
Thou shalt make fringes on the four borders of thy garments, with whichsoever thou mayest be clothed.
Hell is naked before him, And destruction has no covering.
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4018.
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
Thou shalt make fringes on the four borders of thy garments, with whichsoever thou mayest be clothed.
Hell is naked before him, And destruction has no covering.
They shall perish, but thou remainest: And they all shall wax old as a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed.
The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: The waters shall stand on the hills.
I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.
And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,
Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.
So thou wast adorned with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and variegated work: thou didst eat fine flour, and oil, and honey, and didst become extremely beautiful.
Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied thy couch, to put honor upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elishah; and they became thy coverings.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4018, grouped by book.
Peribolaion (Strong's G4018) is a Greek word most simply glossed "covering". peribolaion (per-ib-ol'-ai-on) n. 1. something thrown around one, i.e. a mantle, veil [neuter of a presumed derivative of G4016]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G4018 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4018 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as covering. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4018, with linked reader references where each row is available.