KJV dictionary & concordance
A covering or curtain that conceals or separates.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Song of Solomon 5:7
Complete exact-word concordance
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
The watchmen that went about the citie, found me, they smote me, they wounded me, the keepers of the walles tooke away my vaile from me.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
And behold, the vaile of the Temple was rent in twaine, from the top to the bottome, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
And the vaile of the Temple was rent in twaine, from the top to the bottome.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
And the Sunne was darkened, and the vaile of the temple was rent in the mids.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Which hope we haue as an anker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and which entreth into that within the vaile,
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
And after the second vaile, the Tabernacle which is called y e Holiest of all:
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
By a new and liuing way which hee hath consecrated for vs, through the vaile, that is to say, His flesh:
1611 marginal noteOr, new made.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A cover; a curtain; something to intercept the view and hide an object.
