Quick Definition
a wrapper, mantle, veil
Strong's Definition
something thrown around one, i.e. a mantle, veil
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G4016 (περιβάλλω);
KJV Usage: covering, vesture
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιβόλαιον, περιβολαίου, τό (περιβάλλω), properly, a covering thrown around, a wrapper; in the N. T.
1. a mantle: Heb_1:12 (Psalm 101:27 (); Eze_16:13; Eze_27:7; Isa_59:17; περιβόλαιον βασιλικόν and περιβόλαιον ἐκ πορφύρας, Palaeph. 52, 4).
2. a veil (A. V. a covering): 1Co_11:15. ((From Euripides down.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιβόλαιον peribolaion 2x
that which is thrown around any one, clothing, covering; a cloak, Heb_1:12 ;
a covering, 1Co_11:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περι -βόλαιον , -ου , τό
( < περιβάλλω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3682 , H3830 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 v. ICC , in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιβόλαιον [page 505]
περιβόλαιον in the wider sense of covering, clothing, rather than veil (AV marg.) in 1Co_11:15 (cf. Psa. 103꞉ 6 [MT Psa_104:6 ]) may be illustrated from Aristeas 158 ἐκ τῶν περιβολαίων παράσημον ἡμῖν μνείας δέδωκεν , in our clothing, too, he has given us a symbol of remembrance (Thackeray).
For περίβολος , enclosure, we may cite the inscr. on the marble barrier of the inner court of the Temple at Jerusalem, OGIS 598 .4 (i/A.D.) μηθένα ἀλλογενῆ εἰσπορεύεσθαι ἐντὸς τοῦ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τρυφ́άκτου καὶ περιβόλου , that no foreigner enter within the screen and enclosure surrounding the sanctuary : see further Deissmann LAE p. 75, Otto Priester i. p. 282 ff.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
περιβόλαιον περιβόλαιον, ου, τό, [Etym: περίβαλλω] "that which is thrown round, a covering", θανάτου περιβόλαια corpse-clothes, Eur. ; π. σαρκὸς ἡβῶντα youthful "incasements" of flesh, i. e. youth, manhood, id=Eur. : "a chariot-cover", Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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