What does περιβόλαιον (peribólaion) mean in the Bible?
περιβόλαιον (peribólaion) is a Greek word meaning "covering".
Greek · G4018
περιβόλαιον
Covering
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περιβόλαιον G4018
Pronunciation peribólaion
What does περιβόλαιον (peribólaion) mean in the Bible?
περιβόλαιον (peribólaion) is a Greek word meaning "covering".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4018?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a covering (1), a robe (1).
Where does περιβόλαιον (peribólaion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 11:15. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a covering 1× 1 Corinthians 11:15
a robe 1× Hebrews 1:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Corinthians 11:15
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
1 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
περιβόλαιον 1x peribolaion Hebrews 1:12
περιβολαίου 1x peribolaiou 1 Corinthians 11:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Hebrews 1:12
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 11:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. covering
Strong's G4018
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
covering
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(περιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for כְּסוּת, לְבוּשׁ and cognate forms ;] that which is thrown around, a covering, in NT,
aa mantle (Psa.102:27, Isa.59:17, al.) : Heb.1:12" (LXX)
ba veil: 1Co.11:15 (but see ICC, in l).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 11:15 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
περιβολαίου peribolaiou
a wrapper, mantle, veil
Read verse Hebrews 1:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
περιβόλαιον peribolaion
a wrapper, mantle, veil
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 11:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Heb 1:12 1×
Word Origins
περιβόλαιον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain