Quick Definition
I encamp, tabernacle, dwell
Strong's Definition
to camp down, i.e. haunt; figuratively, to remain
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G4637 (σκηνόω);
KJV Usage: lodge, rest
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατασκηνόω, κατασκήνω, infinitive κατασκηνοιν (Mat_13:32 L T Tr WH, Mar_4:32 WH, see ἀποδεκατόω; (but also κατασκηνοῦν, Matthew, the passage cited R G; Mark, the passage cited R G L T Tr; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 123)); future κατασκηνωσόω; 1 aorist κατεσκήνωσα; properly, to pitch one's tent, to fix one's abode, to dwell: ἐφ' ἐλπίδι, Act_2:26 from Psalm 15:9 (); followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Mat_13:32; Luk_13:19; ὑπό with the accusative of place, Mar_4:32. (Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, others; κατεσκήνωσεν ὁ Θεός τῷ ναῷ τούτῳ, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 5; add, Sir_24:4; Sir_24:8; the Sept. mostly for ωΘΡλΗο.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατασκηνόω kataskēnoō 4x
to pitch one s tent; in NT to rest in a place, settle, abide, Act_2:26 ;
to haunt, roost, Mat_13:32 ; Mar_4:32 ; Luk_13:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -σκηνόω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5526 ;]
to pitch one's tent, lodge, dwell: seq . ἐν , Mat_13:32 , Luk_13:19 ; ὑπό , c . acc , Mar_4:32 ; ἐπ᾿ ἐλπιδι , Act_2:26 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατασκηνόω [page 332]
For the form κατασκηνοῖν (= κατασκηνοῦν ) in Mat_13:32 , Mar_4:32 , cf. δηλοῖν in P Lond 231 .13 ( c A.D. 346) (= 11. p. 285) and see the other exx. in Hatzidakis Gr. p. 193 : see also Moulton Proleg. p. 53, Gr. ii. § 84. To the transitive instances of the verb in the LXX (Psa. 22꞉ 2 [MT Psa_23:2 ], 2Ch_6:2 ), add Didache x. 2.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατασκηνόω fut. ώσω "to pitch one's camp or tent, take up one's quarters, encamp", Xen. ; generally, "to rest, lodge, settle",
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-σκηνόω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for סָכַךְ ;]
to pitch one's tent, lodge, dwell: before ἐν, Mat.13:32, Luk.13:19; ὑπό, with accusative, Mrk.4:32; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπιδι, Act.2:26 (LXX).†
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