σκηνή skēnē
Greek word for “tent” · Strong’s G4633 · used 20 times in 20 verses
Meaning
σκηνή, -ῆς, ἡ; a tent, booth, tabernacle:;
How it is translated
Glosses given for skēnē in context, with how often each is used:
- tabernacle 15
- tabernacles 3
- dwellings 1
- tents 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Hebrews 9 (6), Acts 7 (2), Hebrews 8 (2), Matthew 17 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 9 (1), Luke 16 (1), Acts 15 (1), Hebrews 11 (1), Hebrews 13 (1)
Forms
- σκηνὴν 5
- σκηνὴ 4
- σκηνῆς 4
- σκηνάς 3
- σκηνὰς 1
- σκηνήν 1
- σκηναῖς 1
- σκηνῇ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with skēnē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ἅγιον hagion “Holy Place” 4
- Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 5
- τύπος tupos “mark/example” 3
- Ἡλίας Hēlias “Elijah” 3
- σκηνόω skēnoō “to dwell” 2
- ὧδε hōde “here” 3
- τρεῖς treis “Three” 3
- μετά meta “with/after” 5
- ἐπιτελέω epiteleō “to complete” 2
- καλός kalos “good” 3
- κατασκευάζω kataskeuazō “to prepare” 2
- εἶναι einai “to exist” 3
Key verses
The verses using skēnē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Luke 16:9 — And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- Acts 7:44 — Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he…
- Hebrews 8:2 — A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- Hebrews 8:5 — Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that…
- Hebrews 9:2 — For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:3 — And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Hebrews 9:8 — The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
- Hebrews 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this…
- Hebrews 11:9 — By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- Hebrews 13:10 — We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
- Revelation 13:6 — And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
- Revelation 21:3 — And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.