Strong G4633σκηνή
tent
- Transliteration
- skēnē
- Pronunciation
- skay-nay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
σκηνή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל, also for מִשְׁכָּן, סֻכָּה, etc.;]
a tent, booth, tabernacle: Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Luk.9:33, Heb.11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ., Luk.16:9; of the Mosaic tabernacle, Heb.8:5 9:2-3, 6 9:8, 21; σ. τ. μαρτυρίου, Act.7:44; of its heavenly prototype, Heb.8:2 9:11, Rev.13:6 15:5 21:3; of the temple, Heb.13:10; ἡ σ. τοῦ Μολόχ, Act.7:43 (LXX); metaphorically, ἡ σ. Δαυείδ Act.15:16 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל, also for מִשְׁכָּן, סֻכָּה, etc.;]
a tent, booth, tabernacle: Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Luk.9:33, Heb.11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ., Luk.16:9; of the Mosaic tabernacle, Heb.8:5 9:2-3, 6 9:8, 21; σ. τ. μαρτυρίου, Act.7:44; of its heavenly prototype, Heb.8:2 9:11, Rev.13:6 15:5 21:3; of the temple, Heb.13:10; ἡ σ. τοῦ Μολόχ, Act.7:43 (LXX); metaphorically, ἡ σ. Δαυείδ Act.15:16 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4633 appears in 20 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tabernacle19
- the2
- a1
- habitation1
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 17:4Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
- Mark 9:5And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
- Luke 9:33And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
- Luke 16:9And 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 7:43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
- Acts 7:44Our 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 had seen.
- Acts 15:16After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
- Hebrews 8:2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- Hebrews 8:5Who 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 thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- Hebrews 9:2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Hebrews 9:6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
- Hebrews 9:8The 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 9:11But 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 building;
- Hebrews 9:21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
- Hebrews 11:9By 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 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
- Revelation 13:6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
- Revelation 15:5And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
- Revelation 21:3And 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 himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκην-ή,
Doric dialect σκᾱνά, ἡ (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who uses κλισίη (which see)))].
I tent, booth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.314.110, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1289; ἐπὶ σκηναῖς.. ναυτικαῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 3; σκηνῆς ἔνδον [prev. work] 218 (_anapaest meter_); ὑπὸ σκηναῖσι [prev. work] 754)]; σκηνῆς ὕπαυλος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 796; σκηνὴν ποιήσαντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; πηξάμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.30; ἵστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.3)]; τὰς σ. καταλύειν, διαλύειν, strike camp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.40.2, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.25.3; σ. δερματίνη “PCair.Zen.” 13.14 (3rd c.BC))]; but also σ. μάλα ἰσχυρῶν ξύλων hut, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.23)]; booth in the marketplace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 658, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169 (both _plural_), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.16; σκανὰν ἐμ Πυλαίᾳ τὰν πρώταν ὑπάρχειν αὐτῷ “SIG” 422.11 (Delph., 3rd c.BC))]: plural, camp, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 686, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 731, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.7.)]
I.2 σκηνὰς ἐς ἱεράς to the holy tabernacle, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 806, compare 1129, LXX.Exo.26.1, +others)]
II stage-building as background for plays, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 817c, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.123 ff., 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 5.6.1; τῆς σ. τὸ τέγος “IG” 11(2).161 A 115, cf. D 127 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 153.14 ([prev. passage]))]; τραγικὴ σ. a sort of πῆγμα, such as that from which the prologue of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” is perhaps spoken, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.54, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 44, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {τραγικὴ σ}.)]
II.2 οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [ἥρωες] heroes represented on the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.180)]; οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς actors, players, opposed to χορός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 922b17; also οἱ περὶ σκηνήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 16; οἱ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.65 codices, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 16; compare σκηνικός and see below 111.1b.)]
II.3 τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς μέρος that which is actually represented on the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1459b25)]; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς (i.e. ᾄσματα), songs or odes sung by one of the actors standing on the stage (not by the chorus),[Refs ([prev. work] 1452b18; τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς σ. οὐκ ἀντίστροφα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ χοροῦ ἀντίστροφα [prev. author] “Pr.” 918b27.)]
II.4 metaphorically, stage-effect, acting, unreality, σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος 'all the world's a stage', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 10.72 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); ἡ σ. τοῦ βίου 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 7.10)]; theatrical trick, deception, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.21.2, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.12.3.)]
III tented cover, tilt of a wagon or carriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.25, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 26; σ. τροχήλατοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1000 (Lyric poetry))]; also, bed-tester, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.11.)]
III.b metaphorically, τὸν ὑπὸ (probably conjecture for ἐπὶ) σκηνῆς βίον the hidden life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 21.)]
III.2 in large ships, state-cabin on the poop, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.89, 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 29; τῶν συριῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν σ. οὐσῶν “PHib.” 1.38.7 (3rd c.BC); ἀποκαταστήσω [τὸν σῖτον] ἐπὶ σκηνήν [prev. work] 86.8 (3rd c.BC).)]
IV entertainment given in tents, banquet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.1, 4.2.34, etc.; σ. δημοσία [prev. author] “Lac.” 15.4.)]
Doric dialect σκᾱνά, ἡ (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who uses κλισίη (which see)))].
I tent, booth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.314.110, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1289; ἐπὶ σκηναῖς.. ναυτικαῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 3; σκηνῆς ἔνδον [prev. work] 218 (_anapaest meter_); ὑπὸ σκηναῖσι [prev. work] 754)]; σκηνῆς ὕπαυλος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 796; σκηνὴν ποιήσαντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; πηξάμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.30; ἵστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.3)]; τὰς σ. καταλύειν, διαλύειν, strike camp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.40.2, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.25.3; σ. δερματίνη “PCair.Zen.” 13.14 (3rd c.BC))]; but also σ. μάλα ἰσχυρῶν ξύλων hut, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.23)]; booth in the marketplace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 658, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169 (both _plural_), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.16; σκανὰν ἐμ Πυλαίᾳ τὰν πρώταν ὑπάρχειν αὐτῷ “SIG” 422.11 (Delph., 3rd c.BC))]: plural, camp, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 686, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 731, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.7.)]
I.2 σκηνὰς ἐς ἱεράς to the holy tabernacle, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 806, compare 1129, LXX.Exo.26.1, +others)]
II stage-building as background for plays, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 817c, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.123 ff., 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 5.6.1; τῆς σ. τὸ τέγος “IG” 11(2).161 A 115, cf. D 127 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 153.14 ([prev. passage]))]; τραγικὴ σ. a sort of πῆγμα, such as that from which the prologue of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” is perhaps spoken, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.54, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 44, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {τραγικὴ σ}.)]
II.2 οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [ἥρωες] heroes represented on the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.180)]; οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς actors, players, opposed to χορός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 922b17; also οἱ περὶ σκηνήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 16; οἱ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.65 codices, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 16; compare σκηνικός and see below 111.1b.)]
II.3 τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς μέρος that which is actually represented on the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1459b25)]; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς (i.e. ᾄσματα), songs or odes sung by one of the actors standing on the stage (not by the chorus),[Refs ([prev. work] 1452b18; τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς σ. οὐκ ἀντίστροφα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ χοροῦ ἀντίστροφα [prev. author] “Pr.” 918b27.)]
II.4 metaphorically, stage-effect, acting, unreality, σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος 'all the world's a stage', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 10.72 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); ἡ σ. τοῦ βίου 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 7.10)]; theatrical trick, deception, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.21.2, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.12.3.)]
III tented cover, tilt of a wagon or carriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.25, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 26; σ. τροχήλατοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1000 (Lyric poetry))]; also, bed-tester, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.11.)]
III.b metaphorically, τὸν ὑπὸ (probably conjecture for ἐπὶ) σκηνῆς βίον the hidden life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 21.)]
III.2 in large ships, state-cabin on the poop, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.89, 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 29; τῶν συριῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν σ. οὐσῶν “PHib.” 1.38.7 (3rd c.BC); ἀποκαταστήσω [τὸν σῖτον] ἐπὶ σκηνήν [prev. work] 86.8 (3rd c.BC).)]
IV entertainment given in tents, banquet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.1, 4.2.34, etc.; σ. δημοσία [prev. author] “Lac.” 15.4.)]