καταπέτασμα
katapetasma
curtain
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "καταπέτασμα" (katapetasma) is defined as a curtain. In the six instances where it appears in the Bible, this term refers to a physical divider or separator, often used to distinguish sacred spaces from others. The word's usage is limited to describing physical barriers, specifically the curtain that separates the Holy of Holies from the rest of the tabernacle or temple in Jewish worship. Its significance lies in highlighting the idea of separation, distinction, and boundaries between the sacred and the ordinary.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Mark 15:38The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
Luke 23:45The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
Hebrews 6:19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
Hebrews 9:3After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
Hebrews 10:20by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,