# G2665 καταπέτασμα

καταπέτασμα (katapétasma), Strong’s G2665: something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple KJV: vail. Occurs 44 times.

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

KJV: vail

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [πέτομαι pétomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G4072) (to fly)

Occurs 44 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 27:51](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=51) — Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- [Mark 15:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=38) — The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
- [Luke 23:45](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=45) — The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
- [Hebrews 6:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/6?v=19) — This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the…
- [Hebrews 9:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/9?v=3) — After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
- [Hebrews 10:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/10?v=20) — by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
- [Sirach 50:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/50?v=5) — How glorious he was when the people gathered around him as he came out of the house of the veil!
- [1 Maccabees 1:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=22) — He took the table of the show bread, the cups for the drink offerings, the bowls, the golden censers, the veil, the…
- [1 Maccabees 4:51](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/4?v=51) — They set loaves upon the table, hung up the curtains, and finished all the work which they had done.