noun · feminine

kataskēnōsias

Greekκατασκήνωσις (kataskēnōsis)

Strong’sG2682

a dwelling-place

stem kataskēnōsi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

nests2×

What it means

† κατα-σκήνωσις, εως, ἡ,

[in LXX: I Ch 28:2 (בְּנוֹת), Ez 37:27 (מִשְׁכָּן), To 1:4, Wi 9:8, II Mac 14:35 (R)*;]

1. prop., an encamping, taking up one's quarters (Polyb., al., v. LS; and cf. LXX, I Ch 28:2, Ez 37:27, To 1:4, Wi 9:8, II Mac 14:35).

2. a lodging, abode: of birds, Mt 8:20, Lk 9:58.†

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

Strong’s G2682 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-as-kay'-no-sis

an encamping, i.e. (figuratively) a perch

Fromfrom G2681;

King Jamesnest.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kataskēnōsias	kataskēnōsiais
object accusative	kataskēnōsian	kataskēnōsiain2×κατασκηνώσεις
direct address vocative	kataskēnōsiar	kataskēnōsiair
of, belonging to genitive	kataskēnōsiau	kataskēnōsiaiu
to, for dative	kataskēnōsia	kataskēnōsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kataskēnōsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kataskēnōsia 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

kataskēnōsiain“nests”objectaccusative plural2×

Matthew 8:20“nests”kai legatō auto tos Iēsus; Tais alōpēxais fōleoin echalō kai teim peteineim tou ouranou kataskēnōsiain, tos de huios tou anthrōpou ouk echatō pou tan kefalan klinateiō.Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Luke 9:58“nests”kai legata auto tos Iēsus; Tais alōpēxais fōleoin echalō kai teim peteineim tou ouranou kataskēnōsiain, tos de huios tou anthrōpou ouk echatō pou tan kefalan klinateiō.Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”