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power: That is, a covering in sign that she is under the power of her husband. Εξουσια \[Strong's G1849\], appears here to be used for the sign or token of being under power or authority, that is, a veil, as Theophylact (Ecumenius, and Photius) explain; and so one manuscript of the Vulgate, the Sixtine edition, and some copies of the Itala, have velamen. Gen 20:16, Gen 24:64, Gen 24:65 because: Ecc 5:6; Mat 18:10; Heb 1:14 1 Corinthians 11:11
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