2 Corinthians 3:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡνίκα δʼ ἄν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς Κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.

Transliteration

Hēnika d' an epistrepsē pros Kyrion, periaireitai the kalymma.

Grammar Details

*Hēnika*: temporal conjunction - when/whenever
*d'*: conjunction (elided form of *de*) - but/and
*an*: modal particle - used with subjunctive to indicate contingency
*epistrepsē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - turns/returns
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*Kyrion*: noun, accusative singular masculine - Lord
*periaireitai*: present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - is taken away/removed
*kalymma*: noun, nominative singular neuter - veil/covering

Word Meanings

*Hēnika*: when/whenever/at the time when
*epistrepsē*: turns/returns/converts/comes back
*pros*: to/toward/unto
*periaireitai*: is taken away/removed/lifted
*kalymma*: veil/covering

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Referenced Verses

Exod 34:34 : 34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Isa 25:7 : 7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isa 54:13 : 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Lam 3:40 : 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
John 6:45-46 : 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Rom 11:23 : 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
Rom 11:25-27 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Deut 4:30 : 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Deut 30:10 : 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

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