ΣΚΗΝΗ, σκηνη
SKĒNĒ, skēnē
Sounds Like: skay-NAY
Translations: tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
From the root: ΣΚΗΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a temporary dwelling or shelter, such as a tent or a booth. It can also refer to a more permanent, sacred structure like the Tabernacle in the Old Testament. It is used to describe a place of habitation, whether literal or figurative.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4636 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 17:19, 17:22, 18:21, 18:31
- Judges — 7:13
- 1 Chronicles — 17:5
- Tobit — 13:11
- Psalms — 17:12, 26:5, 26:6, 30:21
- Job — 8:14, 18:15
- Sirach — 24:10, 24:15
- Isaiah — 1:8, 16:5
- Jeremiah — 4:20, 10:20
- Lamentations — 2:4
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:44
- Hebrews — 9:2, 9:3, 13:10
- Revelation — 21:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 5:100, 5:101, 6:122, 6:133, 6:150, 8:189, 12:293
- Book 4 — 4:64
- Book 5 — 1:33, 6:219, 10:343
- Book 6 — 4:66
- Book 7 — 4:90
- Book 8 — 4:103, 4:104
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 13:3, 18:9
- Exodus — 26:6, 26:14, 26:15, 26:18, 27:9, 27:21, 30:36, 33:7, 37:1, 40:15, 40:24, 40:28, 40:29
- Leviticus — 4:7, 4:18, 16:16, 16:17, 24:3
- Numbers — 1:1, 2:17, 3:25, 4:3, 4:4, 4:15, 4:23, 4:28, 4:31, 4:33, 4:35, 4:37, 4:39, 4:41, 4:47, 8:19, 8:22, 8:24, 8:26, 9:15, 17:4, 17:7, 18:21, 18:31, 31:30
- Joshua — 7:21, 22:19
- Judges — 7:13
- 2 Samuel — 7:6, 22:12
- 1 Chronicles — 17:5, 21:29
- 2 Chronicles — 1:3, 1:6, 5:5
- Judith — 6:10, 12:9, 13:2
- Tobit — 13:10, 13:10
- 3 Maccabees — 1:3
- Psalms — 17:12, 26:5, 26:6, 30:21
- Job — 8:14, 18:15
- Sirach — 24:10, 24:15
- Isaiah — 1:8, 16:5
- Jeremiah — 4:20, 10:20
- Lamentations — 2:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΣΚΗΝΗΝ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling
- 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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