- Original: καταπέτασμα - Transliteration: Katapetasma - Phonetic: kat-ap-et'-as-mah - Definition: 1. a veil spread out, a curtain a. the name given to the two curtains in the temple at Jerusalem, one of them at the entrance to the temple separated the holy Place from the outer court, the other veiled the holy of Holies from the holy Place - Origin: from a compound of G2596 and a congener of G4072 - TDNT entry: 13:28,4 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From a compound of G2596 and a congener of G4072 ; something spread thoroughly that is (specifically) the door screen (to the Most holy Place) in the Jewish temple: - vail. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • veil, 6 Mat 27:51; Mar 15:38; Luke 23:45; Hebrews 6:19; Hebrews 9:3; Hebrews 10:20