Covering (4629) (skepasma from skepázo = to cover) strictly speaking means covering material and thus literally is a covering. It is used only here (not in Lxx) where Paul describes clothing, raiment, or less likely shelter, although there are secular Greek uses that refer to a house.
Ralph Martin writes that
Though used mainly for clothing, skepasma sometimes referred to a house (as in Aristotle's Metaphysics). In the broadest sense it means "protection." So these two terms taken together would cover the necessities of life, which we refer to today as "food, clothing, and shelter." (Word Meanings in the New Testament)
Poor indeed is the man
who cannot enjoy the simple things of life.
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