κατασκηνόω
kataskēnoō · nest, dwell
Greek word · Strong’s number G2681 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kataskēnoō (κατασκηνόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “nest, dwell”.
Nest, settle down to live.
How to say it
ka·tas·kē·no·ō
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
- Make a home, alight; settle in to live.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- nest ×2
- nested ×1
- will dwell ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 13:32
it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”
- Mark 4:32
and when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”
- Luke 13:19
It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and put in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”
- Acts 2:26
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; and moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,