Bible Dictionary: Screen

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

2. (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

3. (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

4. (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

5. (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

6. (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

Greek

2665. katapetasma -- a curtain (the inner veil of the temple)
... From a compound of kata and a congener of petomai; something spread thoroughly,
ie (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4539. masak -- a covering, screen
... 4538, 4539. masak. 4540 . a covering, screen. Transliteration: masak Phonetic
Spelling: (maw-sawk') Short Definition: screen. Word ...
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5526a. sakak -- to overshadow, screen, cover
... 5526, 5526a. sakak or sakak. 5526b . to overshadow, screen, cover. Transliteration:
sakak or sakak Short Definition: covered. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5526. cakak -- to overshadow, screen, cover
... 5525, 5526. cakak. 5526a . to overshadow, screen, cover. Transliteration:
cakak Phonetic Spelling: (saw-kak') Short Definition: cover. ...
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6532. paroketh -- a curtain
... vail. Feminine active participle of the same as perek; a separatrix, ie (the sacred)
screen -- vail. see HEBREW perek. 6531, 6532. paroketh. 6533 . ...
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7050. qela' -- a sling
... hanging, leaf, sling From qala'; a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across),
or the valve (of the door) itself -- hanging, leaf, sling. ...
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Library

'Never in Bondage'
... there was a great deal of human nature in these men, who thus put up a screen between
them and the penetrating words of our Lord. ... And it is not only a screen. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/never in bondage.htm

Symbolism of the Church Building
... The lattice was part of the screen {26} (sometimes called the "rood-screen," from
the rood or crucifix upon it) which in some churches stood in the arch and ...
/.../regester/the worship of the church/symbolism of the church building.htm

The Annunciation
... The wall of the room facing the door was rounded, and in this rounded part (which
was shut off by a high wicker screen) was the Blessed Virgin's bed, rolled up ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/viii the annunciation.htm

Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church
... The Iconostasis is the screen which separates the sanctuary from the choir, and
is so called for the reason that certain icons or pictures are depicted on it. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns of the holy eastern church/iv.htm

Psalm 50:6. To the Old Proper Tune. The Last Judgment.
... "Are my eyes charm'd thy vestments to behold, "Glaring in gems, and gay in woven
gold?" God is the judge of hearts; no fair disguises Can screen the guilty ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/psalm 50 6 0 to the old.htm

Psalm 50 the Last Judgment.
... God is the Judge of hearts, no fair disguises. Can screen the guilty when his
vengeance rises. ... Can screen the guilty when his vengeance rises. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 50 the last judgment.htm

Rom. Ii. 17, 18
... now he shows further still, that not only the hearing, but, what is more than the
hearing, the teaching of the Law itself will not be able to screen the teacher ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily vi rom ii 17.htm

Life on the Top Floor
... Put it in this way. An image is thrown upon the screen of your mind and you
look at it. How can you dismiss it? You can only dismiss ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/v life on the top.htm

An Address to the Man who is Down
... When the image is thrown upon the screen and you are delighting in it and it
is just beginning to enthrall you, you can still do one thing. ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/ii an address to the.htm

A Seraph's Wings
... There is no need for us to draw any screen between our happy eyes and the Face in
which we 'behold the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father.' All the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/a seraphs wings.htm

Thesaurus

Screen (26 Occurrences)
... n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which
shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. ...
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Courtyard (59 Occurrences)
... Exodus 27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver ...
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Hangings (23 Occurrences)
... (2) In the King James Version another word, macakh (the Revised Version (British
and American) uniformly "screen"), is distinguished from the preceding only by ...
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Yarn (37 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Exodus 26:36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. ...
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Finely (27 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours. ...
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Embroiderer (8 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. ...
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Colours (20 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. ...
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Posts (68 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:37 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them
with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of ...
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Twisted (79 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours. ...
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Material (61 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Exodus 26:36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. ...
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Bible Concordance

Screen (26 Occurrences)

Matthew 28:14 "And if this," they added, "is reported to the Governor, we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment."
(WEY)

Exodus 26:36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 26:37 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 27:16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 35:12 the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 35:17 the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 36:37 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 38:18 The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:34 the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:38 the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Exodus 39:40 the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 40:3 You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 40:5 You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Exodus 40:8 You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Exodus 40:21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 40:28 He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Exodus 40:33 He raised up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Numbers 3:25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Numbers 3:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Numbers 3:31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Numbers 4:5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Numbers 4:25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Numbers 4:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 13:8 thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,
(DBY)

Psalms 105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Screen

Related Terms

Courtyard (59 Occurrences)

Hangings (23 Occurrences)

Yarn (37 Occurrences)

Finely (27 Occurrences)

Embroiderer (8 Occurrences)

Colours (20 Occurrences)

Posts (68 Occurrences)

Twisted (79 Occurrences)