κάλυμμα

κάλυμα — kályma

κάλυμμα, καλυμματος, τό (καλύπτω), a veil, a covering: 2Co 3:13 (Exo 35:33); (κάλυμμα, or its equivalent, is suggested to the reader by the context in 1Co 11:4 κατά κεφαλῆς ἔχων; see ἔχω, I. 1 b.); metaphorically, 2Co 3:14-16, of that which prevents a thing from being understood. (Homer, Tragg., Aristophanes, others; the Sept..)