"a tent, tabernacle, lodging; met. the corporeal tabernacle, 2 Cor. 5:1, 4*"
Definition and meaning
a tent, tabernacle, lodging; met. the corporeal tabernacle, 2 Cor. 5:1, 4*
In the original Greek the word is written: σκῆνος
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of skenos (G4636) across the King James Bible.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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Common questions
Strong's G4636 (skenos) is a Greek word that means: a tent, tabernacle, lodging; met. the corporeal tabernacle, 2 Cor. 5:1, 4* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word skenos (G4636) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4636 is skenos, a Greek word defined as: a tent, tabernacle, lodging; met. the corporeal tabernacle, 2 Cor. 5:1, 4*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
skenos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.