Strong's Lexicon

G4638

G4638 — σκήνωμα

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekskenomanounOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4638
Word:σκήνωμα
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G4637
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:skenoma
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:skay'-no-mah
Meaning:1. an encampment 2. (figuratively) the Temple (as God's residence), the body (as an abode for the soul)
KJV Renderings:tabernacle

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σκήνωμα, σκηνώματος, τό (σκηνόω), a tent, tabernacle: of the temple as God’s habitation, Act 7:46 (Psa 14:1 (); Psa 25:8 (); Psa 42:3 (); Psa 45:5 (); Pausanias, 3, 17, 6; of the tabernacle of the covenant, 1Ki 2:28); metaphorically, of the human body as the dwelling of the soul (see σκῆνος): ἐν τῷ σκηνώματι εἶναι, of life on earth, 2Pe 1:15; ἀπόθεσις (the author blending the conceptions of a tent and of a covering or garment, as Paul does in 2Co 5:2), ibid. 14. (Euripides, Xenophon, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for àÉäÆì and îÄùÀÑëÈï.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

σκήνωμα (tabernacle)

Acts 7:46

KJV: Who found favour before God and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob
GK: ος εύρε χάριν ενώπιον του θεού και ητήσατο ευρείν σκήνωμα τω θεώ Ιακώβ

2 Peter 1:13

KJV: Yea I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle to stir you up by putting in remembrance
GK: δίκαιον δε ηγούμαι εφ΄ όσον ειμί εν τούτω τω σκηνώματι διεγείρειν υμάς εν υπομνήσει

2 Peter 1:14

KJV: Knowing that shortly I must put off my tabernacle even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me
GK: ειδώς ότι ταχινή εστιν η απόθεσις του σκηνώματός μου καθώς και ο κύριος ημών Ιησούς χριστός εδήλωσέ μοι
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