verb

Greekἐπισκηνόω (episkēnoō)

Biblang

episkēnamō

Strong’sG1981

I raise a tent over, dwell

stem episkēn-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

*† ἐπι-σκηνόω, -ῶ

to tent upon, spread a tabernacle over: metaph., seq. ἐπ’ ἐμέ (RV, rest upon, cover), II Co 12:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1981 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-skay-no'-o

to tent upon, i.e. (figuratively) abide with

Fromfrom G1909 and G4637;

King Jamesrest upon.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπισκην-όω,
to be quartered in, ταῖς οἰκίαις Refs 2nd c.BC+: metaphorically, dwell upon, ἡ δύναμις ἐ. ἐπί τινα NT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

rest1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
episkēnateiaἐπισκηνώσῃ	happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular	rest	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	episkēnamō	episkēname	episkēnami	episkēnama	episkēnamē	episkēnamelē
you 2nd person singular	episkēnasō	episkēnase	episkēnasi	episkēnasa	episkēnasē	episkēnaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkēnatō	episkēnate	episkēnati	episkēnata	episkēnatē	episkēnatelē
we 1st person plural	episkēnanō	episkēnane	episkēnani	episkēnana	episkēnanē	episkēnanelē
ye 2nd person plural	episkēnavō	episkēnave	episkēnavi	episkēnava	episkēnavē	episkēnavelē
they 3rd person plural	episkēnalō	episkēnale	episkēnali	episkēnala	episkēnalē	episkēnalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	episkēnameiō	episkēnameia	episkēnameiē
you 2nd person singular	episkēnaseiō	episkēnaseia	episkēnaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkēnateiō	episkēnateia1×ἐπισκηνώσῃ	episkēnateiē
we 1st person plural	episkēnaneiō	episkēnaneia	episkēnaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	episkēnaveiō	episkēnaveia	episkēnaveiē
they 3rd person plural	episkēnaleiō	episkēnaleia	episkēnaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	episkēnasōr	episkēnasar	episkēnasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkēnatōr	episkēnatar	episkēnatēr
ye 2nd person plural	episkēnavōr	episkēnavar	episkēnavēr
they 3rd person plural	episkēnalōr	episkēnalar	episkēnalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	episkēnamoiō	episkēnamoia
you 2nd person singular	episkēnasoiō	episkēnasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	episkēnatoiō	episkēnatoia
we 1st person plural	episkēnanoiō	episkēnanoia
ye 2nd person plural	episkēnavoiō	episkēnavoia
they 3rd person plural	episkēnaloiō	episkēnaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	episkēnarō	episkēnari	episkēnara	episkēnarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	episkēnarōntos	episkēnarintos	episkēnarantos	episkēnarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

episkēnstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

episkēn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

episkēnateia“rest”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×

2 Corinthians 12:9… kauchemi en tai astheniai mu, hina episkēnateia epi min tas dunamias tou Christou.… that the power of Christ may rest on me.