σκῆνος
skēnos · tent
Greek word · Strong’s number G4636 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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skēnos (σκῆνος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tent”.
Used as an image of the present body, which does not last.
How to say it
skē·nos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A portable house of cloth; here, a picture of the body, which does not last.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of the tent is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4
For indeed we who are in the tent groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to put on the other over it, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.