Strong G4634σκηνοπηγία
Feast|Festival of Booths
- Transliteration
- skēnopēgia
- Pronunciation
- skay-nop-ayg-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
σκηνοπηγία, -ας, ἡ
(σκηνή, πήγνυηι), [in LXX for סֻכָּה, Deu.16:16 31:10, Zec.14:16, 18-19; I Est.5:51, 1Ma.10:21, 2Ma.1:9 2Mac 1:18 *;]
prop., the setting up of tents or dwellings (Arist.); in LXX and NT, ἡ σ., ἡ ἑορτή τῆς σ. (called also ἑορτὴ σκηνῶν, Lev.23:34, al.; see Deiss., LAE, 116 f.), the feast of Tabernacles: Jhn.7:2.†
(AS)
(σκηνή, πήγνυηι), [in LXX for סֻכָּה, Deu.16:16 31:10, Zec.14:16, 18-19; I Est.5:51, 1Ma.10:21, 2Ma.1:9 2Mac 1:18 *;]
prop., the setting up of tents or dwellings (Arist.); in LXX and NT, ἡ σ., ἡ ἑορτή τῆς σ. (called also ἑορτὴ σκηνῶν, Lev.23:34, al.; see Deiss., LAE, 116 f.), the feast of Tabernacles: Jhn.7:2.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Booths Festival
Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' wilderness wanderings
The Booths_Festival, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot, was a Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' wilderness wanderings and God's provision (<ref="Jhn.7.2">Jhn.7.2</ref>).
In the Bible
Strong G4634 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tabernacle1
First verses
- John 7:2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκηνο-πηγία, ἡ,
setting up of tents: nest-building, ἡ τῆς χελιδόνος σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 612b22.)]
2 feast of tents or tabernacles, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.16.16, LXX.2Mac.1.9, NT.John.7.2, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.4.1, +others)]; σύλλογος τῆς σ. [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 5361 (Egypt, Jewish).)]
setting up of tents: nest-building, ἡ τῆς χελιδόνος σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 612b22.)]
2 feast of tents or tabernacles, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.16.16, LXX.2Mac.1.9, NT.John.7.2, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.4.1, +others)]; σύλλογος τῆς σ. [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 5361 (Egypt, Jewish).)]