PERIBOLAION and KATAKALUPTW in I Cor. 11
Jeff Young
youngman at triad.rr.com
Tue Sep 24 15:36:19 EDT 2002
Leaving aside arguments on the particular
application of I Cor. 11:2-16, the bearing
of 1st Century external evidence on the text,
and whether it is exegetically valid, I am
curious as to the "possibility" that these
words could be used interchangably by Paul.
I recognize that PERIBOLAION is a noun
(corresponding verb: PERIBALLW), and these
are the definitions I have below from Liddell
& Scott and BAGD:
PERIBALLW - "to throw round, about, or over,
put on or over; to invest; to surround,
encompass, enclose with ..." (L&S);
"to throw, lay, or put around" (BAGD)
PERIBOLAION - "covering, wrap, cloak, robe
of an article of clothing; something like a
cloak or mantle" (BAGD)
KATAKALUPTW - "to cover up, envelope; to
veil oneself" (L&S); "cover, veil; covered
or veiled to the forehead; cover oneself" (BAGD)
Is it possible that the terms could be in any
way employed "synonymously?"
Is there any outside Biblical evidence in
antiquity of these terms being used synonomously?
I look forward to reading your comments. Thank
you in advance.
Jeff Young
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