ΑΙΣΥΠΕΣΚΗΝΟΥΝ, αισυπεσκηνουν
AISYPESKĒNOUN, aisypeskēnoun
Sounds Like: ai-sy-pes-KAY-noon
Translations: they were encamping, they were dwelling, they were pitching tents
From the root: ΣΚΗΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb in the imperfect tense, indicating continuous or repeated action in the past. It means 'they were encamping' or 'they were dwelling in tents'. The prefix 'ἐπι-' (epi-) means 'upon' or 'at', suggesting an action of encamping upon or at a specific place. The prefix 'συν-' (syn-) means 'with' or 'together', indicating that the action of encamping was done together with others. The word describes a group of people setting up tents or dwelling together in a temporary shelter.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G4637 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:74
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.
- 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
- 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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