Dictionary entry

καταπέτασμα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κατα-πέτασμα, -τος, τό

(= cl. παραπέτασμα), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרֹכֶת (the veil of the Holy of Holies), Ex 26:31, Le 21:23, al.; also for מָסָךְ (the outer veil), Ex 35:12, Nu 3:26, al. (elsewhere κάλυμμα);]

in NT always the inner veil or curtain of the Temple (or Tabernacle): Mt 27:51, Mk 15:38, Lk 23:45, He 6:199:3; fig., ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ, He 10:20.†