Skḗnōma — G4638

Definition

neuter noun

an encampment, i.e. (figuratively) the Temple (as God's residence), the body (as a tenement for the soul)

1. metaphorically, of the human body as the dwelling of the soul

Usually translated as

tabernacle

Origin

from G4637

• skēnóō (G4637)

Occurrences

Skḗnōma occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 2 Peter (2)

• Acts 7:46 — Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle (σκήνωμα) for the God of Jacob.
• 2 Peter 1:13 — Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle (σκηνώματι), to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
• 2 Peter 1:14 — Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle (σκηνώματός), even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.