Strong's Greek · G2665

G2665 katapétasma

καταπέτασμα

vail

When katapétasma is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple

Derivation

from a compound of G2596 (κατά) and a congener of G4072 (πέτομαι);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Luke 23:45

The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Mark 15:38

And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

Matthew 27:51

At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

Hebrews 10:20

by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

When katapétasma is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what katapétasma means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Hebrews 6:19 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

How weighing a word works

Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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