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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4633 - σκηνή

Transliteration

skēnḗ

Phonetics

skay-nay'

Root Word (Etymology)

apparently akin to (G4632) and (G4639)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

7:368,1040

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

tent, tabernacle, (made of green boughs, or skins or other materials)
of that well known movable temple of God after the pattern of which the temple at Jerusalem was built

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 168 ‑ אֹהֶל (o'‑hel); 2691 ‑ חָצֵר (khaw‑tsare'); 4908 ‑ מִשְׁכָּן (mish‑kawn'); 5520 ‑ סֹךְ (soke); 5521 ‑ סֻכָּה (sook‑kaw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 3

Hebrews 10

Revelation 3

NAS (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 3

Hebrews 10

Revelation 3

HCS (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 3

Hebrews 10

Revelation 3

BSB (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 3

Hebrews 10

Revelation 3

ESV (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 3

Hebrews 10

Revelation 3

WEB (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 3

Hebrews 11

Revelation 3

KJV (20)

habitations 1

tabernacle 15

tabernacles 4

NAS (20)

TABERNACLE 2

dwellings 1

tabernacle 13

tabernacles 3

tents 1

HCS (20)

dwellings 1

a tabernacle 1

dwelling 2

room 1

tabernacle 9

tabernacles 3

tent 2

tents 1

BSB (20)

A tabernacle 1

Tabernacle 1

[was] a room 1

dwelling place 1

dwellings 1

room 1

shelters 3

tabernacle 8

tent 2

tents 1

ESV (20)

dwelling 1

dwelling place 1

dwellings 1

section 3

tent 10

tents 4

WEB (20)

a tabernacle 1

build the tabernacle 1

dwelling 2

of the 1

of the tabernacle 1

tabernacle 5

tents 4

the holy tabernacle 1

the tabernacle 4

RAH

N-APF 13

N-ASF 95

N-DPF 18

N-DSF 49

N-GPF 8

N-GSF 188

N-NPF 9

N-NSF 20

ANT

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

BEZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

BGB

N-AFP 4

N-AFS 6

N-DFP 1

N-DFS 1

N-GFS 4

N-NFS 4

BMT

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

BYZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

ELZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

NA26

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

T-DSF 1

SBL

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

SCV

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

STV

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

TIS

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

N-APF 4

N-ASF 6

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 4

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σκην-ή, Dor. σκᾱνά, ἡ (not in Hom., who uses κλισίη (q.v.)). I tent, booth, IG 12.314.110, E. Hec. 1289; ἐπὶ σκηναῖς . . ναυτικαῖς S. Aj. 3; σκηνῆς ἔνδον ib. 218 (anap.); ὑπὸ σκηναῖσι ib. 754; σκηνῆς ὕπαυλος ib. 796; σκηνὴν ποιήσαντες Th. 2.34; πηξάμενοι Hdt. 6.12, cf. And. 4.30; ἵστασθαι X. Cyr. 8.5.3; τὰς ς. καταλύειν, διαλύειν, strike camp, Plb. 6.40.2, Paus. 10.25.3; ς. δερματίνη PCair.Zen. 13.14 (iii B.C.); but also ς. μάλα ἰσχυρῶν ξύλων hut, D.Chr. 7.23; booth in the marketplace, Ar. Th. 658, D. 18.169 (both pl.), Theoc. 15.16; σκανὰν ἐμ Πυλαίᾳ τὰν πρώταν ὑπάρχειν αὐτῷ SIG 422.11 (Delph., iii B.C. ): pl., camp, A. Eu. 686, Ar. Pax 731, X. An. 3.5.7 .

2. σκηνὰς ἐς ἱεράς to the holy tabernacle, E. Ion 806, cf. 1129, LXX Exodus 26:1, al.

II stage-building as background for plays, Pl. Lg. 817c, Poll. 4.123 sqq., Vitr. 5.6.1; τῆς ς. τὸ τέγος IG 11(2).161 A 115, cf. D 127 (Delos, iii B.C. ), 153.14 (ibid.); τραγικὴ ς . a sort of πῆγμα, such as that from which the prologue of A. Ag. is perhaps spoken, X. Cyr. 6.1.54, Plu. Demetr. 44, Suid. s.v. τραγικὴ ς .

2. οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ς. [ἥρωες ] heroes represented on the stage, D. 18.180; οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς actors, players, opp. χορός, Arist. Pr. 922b17; also οἱ περὶ σκηνήν Plu. Galb. 16; οἱ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς Alciphr. 3.65 codd., cf. Luc. Nec. 16; cf. σκηνικός and v. infr. 111.1b .

3. τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς μέρος that which is actually represented on the stage, Arist. Po. 1459b25; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς (sc. ᾄσματα ), songs or odes sung by one of the actors standing on the stage (not by the chorus), ib. 1452b18; τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς ς. οὐκ ἀντίστροφα, τὰ δὲ τοῦ χοροῦ ἀντίστροφα Id. Pr. 918b27 .

4. metaph., stage-effect, acting, unreality, σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος 'all the world's a stage', AP 10.72 ( Pall. ); ἡ ς. τοῦ βίου Max.Tyr. 7.10; theatrical trick, deception, J. BJ 2.21.2, Hdn. 3.12.3 .

III tented cover, tilt of a wagon or carriage, X. Cyr. 6.4.11, D.S. 20.25, Plu. Them. 26; ς. τροχήλατοι A. Pers. 1000 (lyr.); also, bed-tester, D. 41.11 . metaph., τὸν ὑπὸ (prob. cj. for ἐπὶ ) σκηνῆς βίον the hidden life, Luc. Icar. 21 .

2. in large ships, state-cabin on the poop, Poll. 1.89, Palaeph. 29; τῶν συριῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ς. οὐσῶν PHib. 1.38.7 (iii B.C.); ἀποκαταστήσω [τὸν σῖτον] ἐπὶ σκηνήν ib. 86.8 (iii B.C.) . entertainment given in tents, banquet, X. Cyr. 2.3.1, 4.2.34, etc.; ς. δημοσία Id. Lac. 15.4 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σκηνή, σκηνῆς, ἡ (from the root, ska 'to cover' etc.; cf. σκιά, σκότος, etc.; Latincasa, cassis, castrum; English shade, etc.; Curtius, § 112; Vanicek, p. 1054f), from (Aeschylus), Sophocles and Thucydides down; the Sept. chiefly for אֹהֶל, often also for מִשְׁכָּן, also for סֻכָּה; a tent, tabernacle (made of green boughs, or skins, or other materials): Matthew 17:4; Mark 9:5; Luke 9:33; Hebrews 11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σκηναί (see αἰώνιος, 3), Luke 16:9 (et dabo iis tabernacula aeterna quae praeparaveram illis, 4 (5) Esdr. ); of that well known movable temple of God after the pattern of which the temple at Jerusalem was subsequently built (cf. B. D., under the word ): Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 9:1 Rec.st, 21; with τοῦ μαρτυρίου added (see μαρτύριον, c. at the end), Acts 7:44; the temple is called σκηνή in Hebrews 13:10; σκηνή πρώτη, the front part of the tabernacle (and afterward of the temple), the Holy place, Hebrews 9:2, 6, 8; of the Holy of holies, Hebrews 9:3; the name is transferred to heaven, as the true dwelling-place of God and the prototype of the earthly 'tabernacle' or sanctuary, Hebrews 9:11; Revelation 13:6; hence, ἡ σκηνή ἡ ἀληθινή, heaven, Hebrews 8:2; with a reference to this use of the word, it is declared that when the kingdom of God is perfectly established ἡ σκηνή τοῦ Θεοῦ will be μετά τῶν (after the analogy of σκηνουν μετά τίνος), Revelation 21:3; ὁ ναός τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου (see μαρτύριον, c. at the end), the heavenly temple, in which was the tabernacle of the covenant, i. e. the inmost sanctuary oradytum, Revelation 15:5. ἡ σκηνή τοῦ Μολόχ, the tabernacle i. e. portable shrine of Moloch, Acts 7:43 (for the Orientals on their journeys and military expeditions used to carry with them their deities, together with shrines for them; hence, ἡ ἱερά σκηνή of the Carthaginians in Diodorus 20, 65, where see Wesseling (but cf. סִכּוּת in Mühlau and Volck's Gesenius, or the recent commentaries on Amos 5:26)). ἡ σκηνή Δαυίδ (from Amos 9:11 for סֻכָּה), the hut (tabernacle) of David, seems to be employed, in contempt, of his house, i. e. family reduced to decay and obscurity, Acts 15:16 (otherwise דָּוִד אֹהֶל in Isaiah 16:5).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σκηνή , -ῆς , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H168, also for H4908, H5521, etc.;]

a tent, booth, tabernacle: Matthew 17:4, Mark 9:5, Luke 9:33, Hebrews 11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ ., Luke 16:9; of the Mosaic tabernacle, Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 9:2-3; Hebrews 9:6; Hebrews 9:8; Hebrews 9:21; σ . τ . μαρτυρίου , Acts 7:44; of its heavenly prototype, Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 9:11, Revelation 13:6; Revelation 15:5; Revelation 21:3; of the temple, Hebrews 13:10; ἡ σ . τοῦ Μολόχ , Acts 7:43 (LXX); metaph., ἡ σ . Δαυείδ Acts 15:16 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the meaning ";firmament,"; as in Genesis 1:6 ff., cf. Wünsch AF p. 17.22 (iii/A.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν τῶν οὐρανίων στερεωμάτων δεσπόζονται Ἰάω ιβοηα.

List of Word Forms

σκη΄νς σκηναί σκηναις σκηναίς σκηναῖς σκηνας σκηνάς σκηνὰς σκηνη σκηνή σκηνὴ σκηνῇ σκηνην σκηνήν σκηνὴν σκηνης σκηνής σκηνῆς σκηνών skenais skenaîs skēnais skēnaîs skenas skenás skenàs skēnas skēnás skēnàs skene skenḕ skēnē skēnḕ skenêi skēnē̂i skenen skenḗn skenḕn skēnēn skēnḗn skēnḕn skenes skenês skēnēs skēnē̂s