2001 Translation

SKĒNĒN, skēnēn

Sounds Like: skay-NAYN

Translations: tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling

From the root: ΣΚΗΝΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a temporary dwelling, a tent, or a booth. In a religious context, it often denotes the Tabernacle of Meeting in the Old Testament, or metaphorically, God's dwelling place among humanity. As an accusative noun, it typically functions as the direct object of a verb in a sentence.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4636 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:51, 4:71

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 43:2, 43:2, 43:3, 43:3, 43:5, 43:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 17:23, 18:22, 19:13
• Judges — 4:11, 4:17, 4:18, 7:8
• Judith — 5:22, 8:5, 10:15, 10:17, 10:20, 14:3, 14:17, 15:11
• Psalms — 77:60
• Sirach — 14:25, 24:8
• Isaiah — 22:16, 38:12, 40:22
• Jonah — 4:5
• Hebrews — 8:5, 9:6, 9:21
• Revelation — 13:6

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:12
• Book Two — 2:12

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 5:93, 5:100, 6:103, 6:108, 6:110, 6:115, 6:121, 6:124, 7:181, 8:196, 8:197, 8:198, 8:201, 8:203, 8:206, 8:212, 8:220, 8:222, 11:258, 12:289, 12:290, 12:293, 14:310, 15:312
• Book 4 — 6:153, 8:304
• Book 5 — 1:17, 1:68, 1:79, 1:107, 6:219, 10:344
• Book 6 — 9:192
• Book 7 — 4:86, 7:156, 9:214
• Book 8 — 4:101
• Book 9 — 3:34, 4:79, 4:80

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 13:2, 21:7

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 22:3, 36:2, 127:3, 132:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 12:8, 13:4, 18:6, 26:25, 31:25, 33:19, 35:16
• Exodus — 18:7, 26:1, 26:30, 28:39, 29:30, 29:44, 30:20, 30:21, 30:26, 30:27, 31:7, 33:7, 33:8, 33:9, 35:10, 38:27, 39:14, 40:2, 40:6, 40:7, 40:16, 40:17, 40:19, 40:20, 40:22, 40:28, 40:29
• Leviticus — 4:5, 4:16, 6:30, 8:11, 9:23, 10:9, 15:31, 16:20, 16:23, 16:33
• Numbers — 1:50, 1:51, 4:25, 7:1, 7:89, 9:15, 10:17, 10:21, 11:16, 11:26, 12:4, 16:42, 17:8, 18:22, 19:13, 31:54
• Deuteronomy — 31:14
• Joshua — 7:22, 7:24, 18:1
• Judges — 4:11, 4:17, 4:18, 7:8
• 2 Samuel — 16:22
• 1 Kings — 2:29, 2:30
• 2 Kings — 7:8
• 1 Chronicles — 15:1, 23:26
• 2 Chronicles — 1:4, 5:5, 24:6
• Judith — 5:22, 8:5, 10:15, 10:17, 10:20, 12:5, 13:1, 14:3, 14:13, 14:17, 15:11
• 2 Maccabees — 2:4, 2:5
• 3 Maccabees — 1:2
• 4 Maccabees — 3:8
• Psalms — 77:60
• Odes — 7:12
• Sirach — 14:25, 24:8
• Isaiah — 22:16, 38:12, 40:22
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:45
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:45
• Amos — 5:26, 9:11
• Jonah — 4:5

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 7:43, 15:16
• Hebrews — 8:5, 9:6, 9:21
• Revelation — 13:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΝΗ.

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.

• ΚΗΝΗ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
• ΣΚΗΝΑΙ — tents, tabernacles, dwellings, booths
• ΣΚΗΝΑΙΣ — in tents, in tabernacles, in dwellings, in booths
• ΣΚΗΝΑΣ — tents, tabernacles, dwellings, booths
• ΣΚΗΝΕΙ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
• ΣΚΗΝΗ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
• ΣΚΗΝΗΣ — of a tent, of a tabernacle, of a dwelling, of a booth
• ΣΚΗΝΙ — of a tent, of a tabernacle, of a dwelling, of a booth
• ΣΚΗΝΙΔΑ — a tent, a tabernacle, a booth
• ΣΚΗΝΟΥΣ — (of) a tent, (of) the tent, (of) a tabernacle, (of) the tabernacle, (of) a dwelling, (of) the dwelling
• ΣΚΗΝΩΝ — of tents, of tabernacles, of dwellings
• ΣΚΗΝ‾Η‾ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling
• ΣΚΗΝ‾Ω‾ — of tents, of tabernacles, of dwellings

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