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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4636. σκῆνος (skénos) -- Tent, Tabernacle, Dwelling</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4636.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/13-43.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4636.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4636</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4635.htm" title="4635">◄</a> 4636. skénos <a href="../greek/4637.htm" title="4637">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">skénos: Tent, Tabernacle, Dwelling</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">σκῆνος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>skénos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>SKAY-nos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(skay'-nos)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Tent, Tabernacle, Dwelling<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a tent, tabernacle; fig: of the human body.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb σκηνόω (skēnoō), meaning "to pitch a tent" or "to dwell."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of a tent or tabernacle is אֹהֶל (ohel), Strong's Hebrew 168, which refers to a tent or dwelling place, particularly in the context of the Tabernacle in the wilderness.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, σκῆνος (skénos) is used metaphorically to refer to the human body as a temporary dwelling place. It emphasizes the transient nature of earthly life compared to the eternal life promised to believers. The term is often associated with the idea of the body being a temporary "tent" that houses the soul.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, tents were commonly used as temporary shelters, especially by nomadic peoples and travelers. The concept of a tent as a temporary dwelling is deeply rooted in the nomadic traditions of the Israelites, who lived in tents during their wilderness wanderings. This imagery is carried into the New Testament to describe the human body as a temporary abode for the soul, highlighting the transient nature of earthly existence and the hope of eternal life.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4633.htm">skéné</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a tent, fig. for the body<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>tent (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4636: σκῆνος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σκῆνος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σκήνους</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Hippocrates</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, others), <span class="accented">a tabernacle, a tent,</span> everywhere (except Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions vol. ii., no. 3071) used metaphorically, of <span class="accented">the human body,</span> in which the soul dwells as in a tent, and which is taken down at death: <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">2 Corinthians 5:4</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπίγειος</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span> <span class="greek2">οἰκία</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">σκήνους</span>, i. e. ho esti <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">σκῆνος</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 59, 7 d., 8 a.), which is the well-known tent, ibid. 1 (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">the earthly house of our tabernacle</span>). Cf. Wis. 9:15 and Grimm at the passage; in the same sense in (<span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>) Tim. Locr., p. 100ff and often in other philosophic writings; cf. Fischer, Index to <span class="abbreviation">Aeschines</span> dial. <span class="abbreviation">Socrates</span>; <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, under the word; (Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 113 (on <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1</a>)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>tabernacle. <p>From <a href="/greek/4633.htm">skene</a>; a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit) -- tabernacle. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4633.htm">skene</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σκηνει σκήνει σκηνους σκήνους skenei skēnei skḗnei skenous skēnous skḗnous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/5-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 5:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular">N-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οἰκία τοῦ <b>σκήνους</b> καταλυθῇ οἰκοδομὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the earthly <span class="itali">tent</span> which is our house<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> house <span class="itali">of [this] tabernacle</span> were dissolved,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> house of the <span class="itali">tabernacle</span> be destroyed a building<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/5-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 5:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῷ <b>σκήνει</b> στενάζομεν βαρούμενοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> while we are in this <span class="itali">tent,</span> we groan,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">[this] tabernacle</span> do groan,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">tabernacle</span> we groan being burdened<p><b><a href="/greek/4636.htm">Strong's Greek 4636</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4636.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ske_nei_4636.htm">σκήνει — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ske_nous_4636.htm">σκήνους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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