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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