G4638: σκήνωμα
skḗnōma · “tent”
Definition
an encampment, i.e. (figuratively) the Temple (as God's residence), the body (as a tenement for the soul)
KJV translates it as: tabernacle
Word origin: from G4637 (σκηνόω);
Extended definition
σκήνωμα, -τος, τό
(σκηνόω), [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל ;]
a tent, tabernacle (cf. σκηνή, σκῆνος): of the temple as God's dwelling (Psa.132:5, al.), Act.7:46. Metaphorical, of the body: 2Pe.1:13-14.†
(AS)
(σκηνόω), [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל ;]
a tent, tabernacle (cf. σκηνή, σκῆνος): of the temple as God's dwelling (Psa.132:5, al.), Act.7:46. Metaphorical, of the body: 2Pe.1:13-14.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4638 is translated
- a dwelling place ×1
- tabernacle, ×1
- tabernacle ×1
Bible verses with G4638 (skḗnōma)
Skḗnōma appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 7:46
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
- 2 Peter 1:13
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
- 2 Peter 1:14
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.