Strong's Lexicon
G4638 — σκήνωμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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
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