Strong's Lexicon

G2681

G2681 — κατασκηνόω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkataskenooverbOccurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2681
Word:κατασκηνόω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G2596 and G4637
Language:Greek
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:kataskenoo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kat-as-kay-noh'-o
Meaning:1. to camp down, i.e. haunt 2. (figuratively) to remain
KJV Renderings:lodge, rest

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατασκηνόω, κατασκήνω, infinitive κατασκηνοιν (Mat 13:32 L T Tr WH, Mar 4:32 WH, see ἀποδεκατόω; (but also κατασκηνοῦν, Matthew, the passage cited R G; Mark, the passage cited R G L T Tr; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 123)); future κατασκηνωσόω; 1 aorist κατεσκήνωσα; properly, to pitch one’s tent, to fix one’s abode, to dwell: ἐφἐλπίδι, Act 2:26 from Psalm 15:9 (); followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mat 13:32; Luk 13:19; ὑπό with the accusative of place, Mar 4:32. (Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, others; κατεσκήνωσεν ὁ Θεός τῷ ναῷ τούτῳ, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 5; add, Sir 24:4; Sir 24:8; the Sept. mostly for ùÈÑëÇï.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

κατασκηνόω (lodge)

Matthew 13:32

KJV: Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof
GK: ο μικρότερον μεν εστι πάντων των σπερμάτων όταν δε αυξηθή μείζον των λαχάνων εστί και γίνεται δένδρον ώστε ελθείν τα πετεινά του ουρανού και κατασκηνούν εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού

Mark 4:32

KJV: But when it is sown it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs and shooteth out great branches so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it
GK: και όταν σπαρή αναβαίνει και γίνεται πάντων των λαχάνων μείζων και ποιεί κλάδους μεγάλους ώστε δύνασθαι υπό την σκιάν αυτού τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατασκηνούν

Luke 13:19

KJV: It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden and it grew and waxed a great tree and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it
GK: ομοία εστί κόκκω σινάπεως ον λαβών άνθρωπος έβαλεν εις κήπον εαυτού και ηύξησε και εγένετο εις δένδρον μέγα και τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατεσκήνωσεν εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού

Acts 2:26

KJV: Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope
GK: διά τούτο ευφράνθη η καρδία μου και ηγαλλιάσατο η γλώσσά μου έτι δε και η σαρξ μου κατασκηνώσει επ΄ ελπίδι
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