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Greek verb · G1981

ἐπισκηνόω

episkenooep-ee-skay-no'-o

to rest upon/dwell

1 use in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: episkēnóō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1981is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 1 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 1
    spelling

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1981

to tent upon, i.e. (figuratively) abide with

The King James renders it: rest upon.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

episkenoo is rendered "to rest upon/dwell". It stands 1 time in the Greek text, across one book.

  • One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

The first use

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:9ἐπισκηνώσῃ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in one of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 26 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • may rest1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἐπιστρέφωepistrephoto turnUses36
ἐπιστολήepistoleepistleUses24
ἐπίσταμαιepistamaito know/understandUses14
ἐπισκέπτομαιepiskeptomaito visit/care forUses11
ἐπισυνάγωepisynagoto gatherUses8
ἐπιστάτηςepistatesmasterUses7
ἐπισκιάζωepiskiazoto overshadowUses5
ἐπίσκοποςepiskoposoverseerUses5
ἐπισκοπήepiskopeoversightUses4
ἐπιστηρίζωepisterizoto strengthenUses4
ἐπιστέλλωepistelloto write toUses3
ἐπίσημοςepisemosnotableUses2

and 12 more on the stem.

All 1, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

1 spelling and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἐπισκηνώσῃ1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S

2 Corinthians

one use
  • But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

    2 Corinthians 12:9

    • ἐπισκηνώσῃepiskenoseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may rest

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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