Strong's Concordance skénos: a tent, fig. for the body Original Word: σκῆνος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skénos Phonetic Spelling: (skay'-nos) Short Definition: a tent Definition: a tent, tabernacle; fig: of the human body. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4636: σκῆνοςσκῆνος, 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)). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance tabernacle. From skene; a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit) -- tabernacle. see GREEK skene Forms and Transliterations σκηνει σκήνει σκηνους σκήνους skenei skēnei skḗnei skenous skēnous skḗnousLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46362 Occurrences σκήνει — 1 Occ. σκήνους — 1 Occ. 2 Corinthians 5:1 N-GNS GRK: οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ οἰκοδομὴν NAS: the earthly tent which is our house KJV: house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, INT: house of the tabernacle be destroyed a building 2 Corinthians 5:4 N-DNS |
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