Greek noun (feminine) · G4633
σκηνή
skeneskay-nay'
tent
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: skēnḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4633is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4633
a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: habitation, tabernacle.
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
skene is rendered "tent". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 17:4Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Matthew 17:4σκηνάς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- tabernacle13
- tabernacles3
- A tabernacle2
- dwellings1
- tents1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σκηνόω | skenoo | to dwell | Uses5 |
| σκήνωμα | skenoma | tent | Uses3 |
| σκῆνος | skenos | tent | Uses2 |
| σκηνοπηγία | skenopegia | Feast|Festival of Booths | Uses1 |
| σκηνοποιός | skenopoios | tentmaker | Uses1 |
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings 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
- σκηνὴν5
- σκηνὴ4
- σκηνῆς4
- σκηνάς2
- σκηναῖς1
- σκηνὰς1
- σκηνάς.¶1
- σκηνῇ1
- σκηνήν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural4N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular4N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular4N-NSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1N-DPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Matthew
one use
Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
- σκηνάςskenasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: tabernacles
Mark
one use
Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
- σκηνάςskenasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: tabernacles
Luke
two uses
As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
- σκηνὰςskenasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: tabernacles
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- σκηνάς.¶skenasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: dwellings
Acts
three uses
You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
- σκηνὴνskenennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
- σκηνὴskenenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
- σκηνὴνskenennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
Hebrews
ten uses
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
- σκηνῆςskenesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- σκηνήνskenennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
- σκηνὴskenenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: A tabernacle
Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- σκηνὴskenenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a tabernacle
When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
- σκηνὴνskenennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- σκηνῆςskenesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- σκηνῆςskenesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
- σκηνὴνskenennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
- σκηναῖςskenaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tents
We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- σκηνῇskeneanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
Revelation
three uses
And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
- σκηνὴνskenennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven.
- σκηνῆςskenesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- σκηνὴskenenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: tabernacle
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.