Strong's Greek · G4636

σκῆνος

skēnos

tabernacle

Definition

a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit)

Derivation

from G4633 (σκηνή);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

2 Corinthians 5:4

For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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