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ΣΚΕΠΗΝ, σκεπην
SKEPĒN, skepēn
Sounds Like: ske-PAYN
Translations: shelter, a shelter, covering, a covering, protection, a protection
From the root: ΣΚΕΠΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a physical covering or a place that provides refuge and safety. It can be used to describe a literal roof or a metaphorical sense of divine protection.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4637 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 9:38
- Psalms — 104:39
- Job — 24:8, 37:8
- Wisdom — 10:17
- Sirach — 6:29, 29:22
- Isaiah — 16:3, 49:2
- Shepherd of Hermas — 67:1
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:237
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:41
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 79:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 26:7
- 1 Maccabees — 9:38
- 2 Maccabees — 13:17
- Psalms — 104:39
- Job — 24:8, 37:8
- Wisdom — 10:17
- Sirach — 6:29, 29:22
- Isaiah — 16:3, 28:2, 49:2
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:67
- Ezekiel — 31:17
- Hosea — 14:8
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
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