Definition

a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext

Etymology

from G1943 (ἐπικαλύπτω);

Word family

• ἐπικαλύπτω epikalýptō

How the KJV renders it

• cloke

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.