"to pitch one’s tent; in NT to rest in a place, settle, abide, Acts 2:26; to haunt, roost, Mt. 13:32; Mk. 4:32; Lk. 13:19*"
Definition and meaning
to pitch one’s tent; in NT to rest in a place, settle, abide, Acts 2:26; to haunt, roost, Mt. 13:32; Mk. 4:32; Lk. 13:19*
In the original Greek the word is written: κατασκηνόω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kataskenoo (G2681) across the King James Bible.
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
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Common questions
Strong's G2681 (kataskenoo) is a Greek word that means: to pitch one’s tent; in NT to rest in a place, settle, abide, Acts 2:26; to haunt, roost, Mt. 13:32; Mk. 4:32; Lk. 13:19* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word kataskenoo (G2681) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2681 is kataskenoo, a Greek word defined as: to pitch one’s tent; in NT to rest in a place, settle, abide, Acts 2:26; to haunt, roost, Mt. 13:32; Mk. 4:32; Lk. 13:19*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kataskenoo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.