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Strong's #4633 - σκηνή
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- 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
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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 .
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.
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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).†
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