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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #1981 - ἐπισκηνόω
Transliteration
episkēnóō
Phonetics
ep-ee-skay-no'-o
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
7:386,1040
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- to fix a tent or habitation on
- to take possession of and live in the houses
- of the citizens
- of the power of Christ descending upon one, working within him and giving him help
- to take possession of and live in the houses
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
- Parsing
Verse Results
ASV (1)
2 Corinthians
1
BSB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
CSB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
ESV (1)
2 Corinthians
1
KJV (1)
2 Corinthians
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
N95 (1)
2 Corinthians
1
NAS (1)
2 Corinthians
1
NLT (1)
2 Corinthians
2
WEB (1)
2 Corinthians
1
YLT (1)
2 Corinthians
1
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.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
ἐπισκηνόω, ἐπισκήνω: 1 aorist ἐπεσκηνωσα; to fix a tent or habitation on: ἐπί τάς οἰκίας, to take possession of and live in the houses (of the citizens), Polybius 4, 18, 8; ταῖς οἰκίαις, 4, 72, 1; tropically, ἐπί τινα, of the power of Christ descending upon one, working within him and giving him help (A. V. rest upon), 2 Corinthians 12:9.
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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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.
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.
The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
επισκηνωση επισκηνώση ἐπισκηνώσῃ episkenose episkēnōsē episkenṓsei episkēnṓsēi
