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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σκῆνος
σκῆνος
G4636
Transliteration: skēnos
Pronunciation: skay'-nos
Definition: tabernacle
- Original: σκῆνος - Transliteration: Skenos - Phonetic: skay'-nos
- Definition:
1. a tabernacle, a tent
2. metaph. of the human body, in which the soul dwells as in a tent, and which is taken down at death
- Origin: from G4633" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4633 - TDNT entry: 13:21,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From G4633" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4633; a hut or temporary residence that is (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit): - tabernacle.