Quick Definition
I hide, conceal, veil
Strong's Definition
to cover alongside, i.e. veil (figuratively)
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G2572 (καλύπτω);
KJV Usage: hide
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρακαλύπτω: to cover over, cover up, hide, conceal: tropically, ἦν παρακεκαλυμμένον ἀπ' αὐτῶν ((it was concealed from them), a Hebraism, on which see in ἀποκρύπτω, b.), Luk_9:45 (Eze_22:26; Plato, Plutarch, others).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρακαλύπτω parakalyptō 1x
to cover over, veil; met. pass. to be veiled from comprehension, Luk_9:45
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα -καλύπτω ,
[in LXX : Isa_44:8 ( H6342 ), Eze_22:26 ( H5956 hi .) * ;]
to cover by hanging something beside, to hide: metaph . (as Plat ., al. ), Luk_9:45 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρακαλύπτω [page 484]
conceal, veil, is found in the NT metaphorically only in Luk_9:45 , where Grimm detects a Hebraism without any adequate cause.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παρακαλύπτω fut. ψω "to cover by hanging something beside, to cloak, disguise", Plut. :—Mid. "to cover one's face", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρα-καλύπτω
[in LXX: Isa.44:8 (פָּחַד), Eze.22:26 (עָלַם hi.)* ;]
to cover by hanging something beside, to hide: metaphorically (as Plat., al.), Luk.9:45.†
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