UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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περιβόλαιον

Notes: περιβόλαιον[a] and σκέπασμα could also be treated as derivatives based on their respective corresponding events involving the covering of an object. The derivatives would then be merely instruments for covering. Since, however, in the NT these two terms are so closely associated with clothing as covering, they are here treated in this subdomain.; There are no doubt certain minor distinctions in meaning for the four terms in 6.172: ἐπενδύτης / 6.172: ἱμάτιον / 6.172: περιβόλαιον / 6.172: φαιλόνης, but it is impossible to determine the distinctive features on the basis of existing contexts. There are considerable differences of opinion about φαιλόνης, regarded by many as a loan word from Latin paenula.