περιβόλ-αιον G4018
a covering, wrapper, or mantle thrown around something; especially a cloak or veil
This term refers to anything that wraps or covers, from practical garments to metaphorical coverings. Paul uses it for a woman's long hair as her natural covering (1 Cor 11:15), while the author of Hebrews quotes Psalm 102 about creation being rolled up like a cloak (Heb 1:12). Classical Greek used it for burial wrappings, bedcovers, and women's headgear. The root idea is something thrown around for protection or concealment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A covering or wrap that surrounds. In 1 Corinthians, Paul appeals to nature's design—a woman's long hair functions as her God-given covering. In Hebrews, quoting the Septuagint, the created heavens and earth are pictured as garments that will one day be rolled up and changed. The German 'Umhang' (cloak) and Spanish 'manto/velo' (mantle/veil) capture the double range: both literal garment and symbolic covering. 2×
AR["غِطاءٍ", "كَسَاءٍ"]·ben["আবরণের", "চাদর"]·DE["Umhang"]·EN["a-covering", "cloak"]·FR["Umhang", "περιβολαίου"]·heb["כִסּוּי", "מְעִיל"]·HI["चादर"]·ID["jubah", "penutup"]·IT["copertura", "peribolaion"]·jav["jubah", "kudung"]·KO["겉옷을", "덮개"]·PT["manto", "véu"]·RU["покрывала", "покрывало"]·ES["manto", "velo"]·SW["joho", "kifuniko"]·TR["o-", "örtü"]·urd["پردے-کے", "چادر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
περιβόλ-αιον, τό, (περιβάλλω) that which is thrown round, covering, θανάτου περιβόλαια corpse-clothes, Refs 5th c.BC+; σαρκὸς π. ἡβῶντα youthful incasements of flesh, i.e. youth, manhood,Refs 1st c.BC+; frequently in LXX; woman's headgear, NT; covering for the feet, Refs 1st c.AD+; chariot-cover, Refs; bedcover, Refs 2nd c.AD+; padding, περιβόλαια σπληνῶν Refs.381; dressing-gown, warm wrap, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II ={περίβολος} 11.2, Refs