CategoryObject / Sanctuary Symbol
Modern Equivalentcurtain; covering; spiritual barrier.
KJV Word TypeSanctuary object / symbolic covering
DefinitionA curtain or covering, especially the veil separating the holy place from the most holy place in the Tabernacle or Temple. It can also describe a symbolic covering, such as Moses’ veiled face or spiritual blindness.
Key Verses"And thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy." (Exodus 26:33); "But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ." (2 Corinthians 3:14)
KJV Usage NoteThe KJV sometimes spells this word “vail.” It can refer to a literal curtain or to spiritual covering and blindness.
Common MisunderstandingVeil or “vail” does not only mean a face covering; it can refer to the temple curtain or a symbolic spiritual covering.
EtymologyFrom Latin velum ("curtain").