The corpus record

σκεπ-άω

skepao

cover, shelter

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Where it lives

Exodus 6 · 2.53/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Psalmi 4 · 1.17/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Deuteronomium 2 · 0.89/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σκεπ-άω · skep-aō — LSJ

cover, shelter, they ward off (provide shelter against

cover, shelter, ἀνέμων σκεπόωσι κῦμα (Ep. for σκεπάουσι, σκεπῶσι) they ward off (provide shelter against) the sea raised by the wind, Od. 13.99; κόρυν σκεπάουσιν ἔθειραι Theoc. 16.81 (v.l. σκιάουσι).

In the wild

σκεπόωσι · skepoōsi Odyssey 13.99
σκεπάσῃς · skepasēis Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 13
σκεπάσαι · skepasai Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 32
ἐσκέπασαν · eskepasan Septuaginta, Esdras II 13
σκεπάσω · skepasō Septuaginta, Exodus 12
ἐσκέπασεν · eskepasen Septuaginta, Exodus 12

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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