Everyday object in Scripture

Veil in Scripture

Face/head covering used in modesty, marriage, temple, or symbolic contexts.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Face/head covering used in modesty, marriage, temple, or symbolic contexts.

Veil is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
Genesis 24:65a vailH6809vail
2 Corinthians 3:14vailG2571vail
Exodus 26:31a vailH6532vail
Matthew 27:51the veilG2665Veil

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: context-sensitive lexical range. The references are useful, but the wording should be read in context because related English terms are included.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
38
Unique references
36
Books represented
10
Strong’s numbers
G2571, G2665, H6532, H6809

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Verse references

These links open the local NET Bible chapter context where available.