noun · neuter

skēnōmem

Greekσκήνωμα (skēnōma)

Strong’sG4638

a dwelling

stem skēnōm-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

tent2×dwelling place1×

What it means

σκήνωμα, -τος, τό

(< σκηνόω), [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל;]

a tent, tabernacle (cf. σκηνή, σκῆνος): of the temple as God's dwelling (Ps 131 (132):5, al.), Ac 7:46. Metaph., of the body: II Pe 1:13, 14.†

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

Strong’s G4638 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidskay'-no-mah

an encampment, i.e. (figuratively) the Temple (as God's residence), the body (as a tenement for the soul)

Fromfrom G4637;

King Jamestabernacle.

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 or object direct	skēnōmem	skēnōmeim
of, belonging to genitive	skēnōmeu1×σκηνώματός	skēnōmeiu
to, for dative	skēnōme1×σκηνώματι	skēnōmei

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

skēnōmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

skēnōme 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

skēnōmeu“tent”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Peter 1:14“tent”horarētos hoti tachinas atō tas apothesias teu skēnōmeu mu, kathōs kai tos kurios nu Iēsus Christos dēlata mi;because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

skēnōme“tent”to, fordative singular1×

2 Peter 1:13“tent”dikaiem de hēgemō, epi hoson amō en houte te skēnōme, diegeirarō vin en hupomnēsia,I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

skēnōmem1×

Acts 7:46“dwelling place”hos heuriskata charian enōpion tou theou kai aiteta heuriskara skēnōmem to theo Iakōb.who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.