6 occurrences in 13 translations

'Covering' in the Bible

Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them.

Verse ConceptsRejecting PeopleHands On HeadsTrusting Other PeopleNot Prospering

Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfParents SinSelf AbasementBeing Evil From YouthShame Has ComeWe Have Sinned

For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapWaitingAmbushSnares Laid for PeopleMan TrappingBirds

Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.

Verse ConceptsLike A Flood

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Bible Theasaurus

Address (23 instances)
Application (3 instances)
Awning (2 instances)
Breed (10 instances)
Brood (19 instances)
Canopy (18 instances)
Coating (3 instances)
Compensate (7 instances)
Comprehend (53 instances)
Continue (334 instances)
Embrace (21 instances)
Encompass (10 instances)
Extend (105 instances)
Handle (22 instances)
Hatch (3 instances)
Insure (2 instances)
Overlay (13 instances)
Report (184 instances)
Screening (3 instances)
Shroud (2 instances)
Track (11 instances)
Traverse (3 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
καλύπτω 
Kalupto 
Usage: 5

κατακαλύπτω 
Katakalupto 
Usage: 3

περιβόλαιον 
Peribolaion 
Usage: 2

περικαλύπτω 
Perikalupto 
Usage: 3

συγκαλύπτω 
Sugkalupto 
Usage: 0

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