2665 - katapetasma

Strong's Concordance

Original word: καταπέτασμα
Transliteration: katapetasma
Definition (short): veil
Definition (full): a curtain (the inner veil of the temple)

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from kata and petannumi (to spread out)
Definition: a curtain (the inner veil of the temple)
NASB Translation: veil (6).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a compound of kata and a congener of petomai; something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple -- vail.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK petomai

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;
NASB: And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
KJV: And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
NASB: And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
KJV: And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
NASB: because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
KJV: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
NASB: This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,
KJV: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
NASB: Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,