noun · neuter
skēnem
Strong’sG4636
a tent
stem skēn-2 times in the New Testament2 of 6 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.
** σκῆνος, -ους, τό
[in LXX: Wi 9:15 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4636 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskay'-nos
a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit)
Fromfrom G4633;
King Jamestabernacle.
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
Doric dialect σκᾶνος, εος, τό,= σκηνή, hut, tent, Refs
II the body (as the tabernacle of the soul), NT+5th c.BC+; σ. [μελίσσης] Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2 dead body, corpse, Refs, etc.; of an animal, μόσχου, ταύρων, Refs 2nd c.BC+
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | skēnem | skēneim |
| of, belonging to genitive | skēneu1×σκήνους | skēneiu |
| to, for dative | skēne1×σκήνει | skēnei |
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
skēne 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
skēneu“tent”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Corinthians 5:1… ean tas epigeias nu oikias teu skēneu kataluiteia, oikodoman ek theou echanō oikian …… we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we …
skēne“tent”to, fordative singular1×
2 Corinthians 5:4kai gar tois arōntois en te skēne stenazanō barorōntois epi he ouk thelanō …For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because …