Skēnos — G4636

Definition

neuter noun

a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit)

Usually translated as

tabernacle

Origin

from G4633

• skēnḗ (G4633)

Occurrences

Skēnos occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Corinthians (2)

• 2 Corinthians 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle (σκήνους) were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• 2 Corinthians 5:4 — For we that are in this tabernacle (σκήνει) do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.