ΚΑΤΕΣΚΗΝΩΣΑΝ, κατεσκηνωσαν
KATESKĒNŌSAN, kateskēnōsan
Sounds Like: kah-tes-kay-NO-san
Translations: they encamped, they dwelt, they lodged, they pitched tents
From the root: ΣΚΗΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, meaning 'down' or 'against') and the verb σκηνόω (skēnoō, meaning 'to pitch a tent' or 'to dwell'). It means to settle down, to take up residence, or to encamp. It describes the action of a group of people establishing a dwelling place, often temporarily, like pitching tents, or more permanently, like settling in a location.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2681 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 18:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΝΟΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΙΣΥΠΕΣΚΗΝΟΥΝ — they were encamping, they were dwelling, they were pitching tents
- ἘΣΚΗΝΩΚΟΤΑΣ — having dwelt, having tabernacled, having pitched a tent, having lived
- ἘΣΚΗΝΩΚΟΤΕΣ — having dwelt, having tabernacled, having pitched a tent, having lived
- ἘΣΚΗΝΩΚΟΤΩΝ — having dwelt, having tabernacled, having pitched a tent, of those who have dwelt, of those who have tabernacled, of those who have pitched a tent
- ἘΣΚΗΝΩΣΕΝ — he dwelt, he tabernacled, he lived, he pitched his tent
- ΕΝΗΣΚΗΝΤΑΙ — has tabernacled, has dwelt, has pitched a tent, has resided
- ΕΞΗΣΚΗΝΤΟ — had tabernacled, had dwelt, had pitched a tent, had resided
- ΕΣΚΗΝΩΣΕΝ — he tabernacled, he dwelt, he pitched his tent, he lived
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥ — to dwell, to tabernacle, to live, to reside, to encamp
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΝ — to dwell, to tabernacle, to live, to reside
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ — dwelling, tabernacling, living, residing, encamping
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — dwelling, living, residing, tabernacling, those who dwell, those who live
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΝΤΩ — dwelling, encamping, pitching tents, living, residing
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of those dwelling, of those encamping, of those tabernacling
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΤΕΣ — dwelling, tabernacling, living in tents, residing, taking up residence
- ΣΚΗΝΟΩ — to dwell, to tabernacle, to live, to reside
- ΣΚΗΝΩΣΕΙ — will dwell, will tabernacle, will live, will reside
- ΣΚΗΤΑΙ — dwell, live, reside, encamp, pitch a tent, tabernacle
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