12 occurrences

'Veil' in the Bible

and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" "That is my master," the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

So she removed her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfGrowing UpClothing OneselfPeople Stripping OffSitting In The GatewaydisguisesUsing RoadsDistinctive ClothingGiving In Marriage

She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow's clothes.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping OffDistinctive Clothing

When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face.

Verse ConceptsLast Words

But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping OffAddressing SomeoneConversation

When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLight Of God's PeopleConversation

Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

Verse ConceptsCovering HeadsSitting In The GatewayPeople Mourning CatastropheGod's TimingGods Timing

Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.'

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Verse ConceptsAppearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends

Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Verse ConceptsRed CordsOther References To Mouths

Like a slice of pomegranate is your forehead behind your veil.

Verse Conceptsmakeup

Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

Verse ConceptsGrindingLegsPassing ThroughVeilsPeople Stripping OffGrinding Food

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καταπέτασμα 
Katapetasma 
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