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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Transliteration

episkēnóō

Phonetics

ep-ee-skay-no'-o

Origin

from (G1909) and (G4637)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

7:386,1040

Definition

Thayer's

to fix a tent or habitation on
1. to take possession of and live in the houses
  1. of the citizens
  2. of the power of Christ descending upon one, working within him and giving him help

Frequency Lists

KJV (1)

2 Corinthians

NAS (1)

2 Corinthians

HCS (1)

2 Corinthians

BSB (1)

2 Corinthians

ESV (1)

2 Corinthians

WEB (1)

2 Corinthians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπισκην-όω,

to be quartered in, ταῖς οἰκίαις Plb. 4.72.1; ἐπὶ τὰς οἰκίας ib. 18.8: metaph., dwell upon, ἡ δύναμις ἐ. ἐπί τινα 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† ἐπι -σκηνόω , -ῶ ,

to tent upon, spread a tabernacle over: metaph., seq. ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ (RV, rest upon, cover), 2 Corinthians 12:9.†

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

On the force of this rare verb in 2 Corinthians 12:9 see an interesting note in ExpT xxii. p. 312 f.

List of Word Forms

επισκηνωση επισκηνώση ἐπισκηνώσῃ episkenose episkēnōsē episkenṓsei episkēnṓsēi

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