1Cor 11:4 | RWP | e4.org | Having his head covered ( κατα κεφαλης εχων ). Literally, having a veil ( καλυμμα understood) down from the head ( κεφαλης ablative after κατα as with κατα in ; ). It is not certain whether the Jews at this time used the tallith , "a four-corned shawl having fringes consisting of eight threads, each knotted five times" (Vincent) as they did later. Virgil ( Aeneid iii., 545) says: "And our heads are shrouded before the altar with a Phrygian vestment." The Greeks (both men and women) remained bareheaded in public prayer and this usage Paul commends for the men.

‏ 1 Corinthians 11:4

Having his head covered ( κατα κεφαλης εχων ). Literally, having a veil ( καλυμμα understood) down from the head ( κεφαλης ablative after κατα as with κατα in Mr 5:13; Ac 27:14). It is not certain whether the Jews at this time used the tallith, "a four-corned shawl having fringes consisting of eight threads, each knotted five times" (Vincent) as they did later. Virgil (Aeneid iii., 545) says: "And our heads are shrouded before the altar with a Phrygian vestment." The Greeks (both men and women) remained bareheaded in public prayer and this usage Paul commends for the men.