ΣΚΗΝΟΥΝ, σκηνουν
SKĒNOUN, skēnoun
Sounds Like: skay-NOON
Translations: to dwell, to tabernacle, to live, to reside
From the root: ΣΚΗΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to dwell, live, or reside, often with the connotation of living in a tent or temporary dwelling, like a tabernacle. It can also imply taking up residence or making one's home in a place. It is used to describe a temporary or portable dwelling, or the act of dwelling in such a place.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4637 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 47:244
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
- ΚΑΤΕΣΚΗΝΩΣΑΝ — they encamped, they dwelt, they lodged, they pitched tents
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥ — to dwell, to tabernacle, to live, to reside, to encamp
- 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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