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Lexicon :: Strong's G4636 - skēnos

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σκῆνος
Transliteration
skēnos (Key)
Pronunciation
skay'-nos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:381,1040

Strong’s Definitions

σκῆνος skēnos, skay'-nos; from G4633; a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit):—tabernacle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4636 in the following manner: tabernacle (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4636 in the following manner: tabernacle (2x).

  1. a tabernacle, a tent

  2. metaph. of the human body, in which the soul dwells as in a tent, and which is taken down at death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκῆνος skēnos, skay'-nos; from G4633; a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit):—tabernacle.
STRONGS G4636:
σκῆνος, σκήνους, τό (Hippocrates, Plato, others), a tabernacle, a tent, everywhere (except Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions vol. ii., no. 3071) used metaphorically, of the human body, in which the soul dwells as in a tent, and which is taken down at death: 2 Corinthians 5:4; ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους, i. e. ho esti τό σκῆνος (Winers Grammar, § 59, 7 d., 8 a.), which is the well-known tent, ibid. 1 (R. V. the earthly house of our tabernacle). Cf. Wis. 9:15 and Grimm at the passage; in the same sense in (Plato) Tim. Locr., p. 100ff and often in other philosophic writings; cf. Fischer, Index to Aeschines dial. Socrates; Passow, under the word; (Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 113 (on 2 Corinthians 5:1)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
5:1; 5:4

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Strong's Number G4636 matches the Greek σκῆνος (skēnos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1 - For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:4 - For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
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