σκῆνοςskēnos
= σκηνή
Greek (New Testament) · G4636
Meanings
a tent, tabernacle (C.I., 3071). Metaph., of the body as the tabernacle of the soul: 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:4.
Same root
- σκηνήskēnḗ · G4633a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively)
- σκηνόωskēnóō · G4637to tent or encamp, i.e. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion)
- σκηνοπηγίαskēnopēgía · G4634the Festival of Tabernacles (so called from the custom of erecting booths for temporary homes)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.