Kalupto describes covering something physically, concealing what is hidden, or covering a multitude of sins.

The attested uses chiefly describe physical covering or sheltering, whether a lamp is covered, a boat is overwhelmed by waves, or hills are asked to conceal people. Other verses apply the term to what is veiled or hidden and to the covering of a multitude of sins.

1. Physical covering or concealment · dominant

   In Luke 8:16, the present active form occurs in the clause about a lit lamp being covered with a vessel rather than placed on a lampstand. In Matthew 8:24, the present passive infinitive describes the boat as covered by waves, while Luke 23:30 uses an aorist active plural form in an appeal for hills to conceal people.

   Luke 8:16Matthew 8:24Luke 23:30
2. Veiled or hidden from view · common

   In 2 Corinthians 4:3, the perfect passive participle qualifies the gospel as veiled among those who are perishing. Matthew 10:26 uses the same perfect passive participle in the statement that nothing covered will fail to be revealed.

   2 Corinthians 4:3Matthew 10:26
3. Covering a multitude of sins · common

   In 1 Peter 4:8, a present active form stands in the clause that earnest love covers a multitude of sins. James 5:20 uses a future active form after turning a sinner from error, with the APB rendering the resulting clause as covering a multitude of sins.

   1 Peter 4:8James 5:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the term with “covers,” “covered,” “veiled,” and “Cover” across these verses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation without establishing finer distinctions by themselves.