Strong’s G4636 · Greek
σκῆνος
skēnos · skay'-nos
Origin from σκηνή (G4633);
Meaning a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit)
In the King James Version tabernacle.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Corinthians 5:1For 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.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4For 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.