σκεπαστής
protector, shelterer
Where this word appears
Every passage where σκεπαστής appears in the Greek Septuagint — 3 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 15:2 σκεπαστής He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
- Deuteronomy 32:38 σκεπαστής the fat of whose sacrifices you⌃ ate, and you⌃ drank the wine of their drink-offerings? let them arise and help you, and be your protectors.
- Psalms 70:6 σκεπαστής On you have I been stayed from the womb: from the belly of my mother you are my protector: of you is my praise continually.
About this word
About this word
σκεπαστής (skepastḗs), “protector, shelterer,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 3 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
