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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.


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