σκηνή, σκηνῆς, ἡ (from the root, ska 'to cover' etc.; cf. σκιά, σκότος, etc.; Latincasa, cassis, castrum; English shade, etc.; Curtius, § 112; Vanicek, p. 1054f), from (Aeschylus), Sophocles and Thucydides down; the Sept. chiefly for ΰΙδΖμ, often also for ξΔωΐΡλΘΜο, also for ρΛλΘΜδ; a tent, tabernacle (made of green boughs, or skins, or other materials): Mat_17:4; Mar_9:5; Luk_9:33; Heb_11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σκηναί (see αἰώνιος, 3), Luk_16:9 (et dabo iis tabernacula aeterna quae praeparaveram illis, 4 (5) Esdr. ); of that well known movable temple of God after the pattern of which the temple at Jerusalem was subsequently built (cf. B. D., under the word ): Heb_8:5; Heb_9:1 Rec.st, 21; with τοῦ μαρτυρίου added (see μαρτύριον, c. at the end), Act_7:44; the temple is called σκηνή in Heb_13:10; σκηνή πρώτη, the front part of the tabernacle (and afterward of the temple), the Holy place, Heb_9:2; Heb_9:6; Heb_9:8; of the Holy of holies, Heb_9:3; the name is transferred to heaven, as the true dwelling-place of God and the prototype of the earthly 'tabernacle' or sanctuary, Heb_9:11; Rev_13:6; hence, ἡ σκηνή ἡ ἀληθινή, heaven, Heb_8:2; with a reference to this use of the word, it is declared that when the kingdom of God is perfectly established ἡ σκηνή τοῦ Θεοῦ will be μετά τῶν (after the analogy of σκηνουν μετά τίνος), Rev_21:3; ὁ ναός τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου (see μαρτύριον, c. at the end), the heavenly temple, in which was the tabernacle of the covenant, i. e. the inmost sanctuary oradytum, Rev_15:5. ἡ σκηνή τοῦ Μολόχ, the tabernacle i. e. portable shrine of Moloch, Act_7:43 (for the Orientals on their journeys and military expeditions used to carry with them their deities, together with shrines for them; hence, ἡ ἱερά σκηνή of the Carthaginians in Diodorus 20, 65, where see Wesseling (but cf. ρΔλΜεΜϊ in Mühlau and Volck's Gesenius, or the recent commentaries on Amo_5:26)). ἡ σκηνή Δαυίδ (from Amo_9:11 for ρΛλΘΜδ), the hut (tabernacle) of David, seems to be employed, in contempt, of his house, i. e. family reduced to decay and obscurity, Act_15:16 (otherwise γΘΜεΔγ ΰΙδΖμ in Isa_16:5).

σκηνή skēnē 20x a tent, tabernacle; genr. any temporary dwelling; a tent, booth, Mat_17:4 ; Heb_11:9 ; the tabernacle of the covenant, Heb_8:5 ; Heb_9:1 ; Heb_9:21 ; Heb_13:10 ; allegor. the celestial or true tabernacle, Heb_8:2 ; Heb_9:11 ; a division or compartment of the tabernacle, Heb_9:2-3 ; Heb_9:6 ; a small portable tent or shrine, Act_7:43 ; an abode or seat of a lineage, Act_15:16 ; a mansion, habitation, abode, dwelling, Luk_16:9 ; Rev_13:6 tabernacle; tent.

σκηνή , -ῆς , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H168 , also for H4908 , H5521 , etc.;] a tent, booth, tabernacle: Mat_17:4 , Mar_9:5 , Luk_9:33 , Heb_11:9 ; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ ., Luk_16:9 ; of the Mosaic tabernacle, Heb_8:5 ; Heb_9:2-3 ; Heb_9:6 ; Heb_9:8 ; Heb_9:21 ; σ . τ . μαρτυρίου , Act_7:44 ; of its heavenly prototype, Heb_8:2 ; Heb_9:11 , Rev_13:6 ; Rev_15:5 ; Rev_21:3 ; of the temple, Heb_13:10 ; ἡ σ . τοῦ Μολόχ , Act_7:43 ( LXX ); metaph ., ἡ σ . Δαυείδ Act_15:16 ( LXX ).†

σκηνή [page 577] tent : cf. P Cairo Zen I. 59013 .14 (B.C. 259) σκηνὴ δερματίνη , PSI V. 533 .2 (iii/B.C.) σκηνὴν κατάγαγε ἡμῖν τετράκλινον ἢ πεντάκλινον , and P Leid W xiii. 21 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 125) μὴ ἐξέλθῃς δὲ ἐκ τῆς σκηνῆς σου . The employment of σκηνή for οἰκία , καταγωγή , is said to be Asiatic in origin : see Menander Fragm. p. 261, No. 1065. The editors understand σκηνή as = ship s cabin in P Hib I. 38 .7 (B.C. 252 1) τῶν συρίων ὑπὲρ τὴν σκηνὴ [ν ] ο̣ὐσῶν , the Syrian clothes being above the cabin, and so ib. 86 .7 (B.C. 248) ἀποκαταστήσω ἐπὶ σκηνὴν τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνηλώμασιν , I will restore it ( sc. grain) at the cabin at my own expense. We may recall the words which are sometimes ascribed to Democritus, ὁ κόσμος σκηνή , ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες , εἶδες , ἀπῆλθες . See also Anth. Pal. x. 72.

σκηνή σκηνη, ἡ, "a covered place, a tent", Hdt. , Soph. , etc.: —in pl. "a camp", Lat. castra, Aesch. , Xen. generally, "a dwelling-place, house, temple", Eur. "a wooden stage" for actors, Plat. :—in the regular theatre, the σκηνή was a wall at the back of the stage, with doors for entrance and exit; "the stage" (in our sense) was προσκήνιον or λογεῖον, the sides or wings παρασκήνια, and the wall under the stage, fronting the orchestra, ὑποσκήνια. οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς, "the actors, players", Dem. τὸ ἐπὶ σκηνῆς μέρος that which is "actually represented on the stage", Arist. ; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς (sc. ᾁσματα), "odes sung on the stage", id=Arist. metaph. "stage-effect, unreality", σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος "all the world's "a stage, "" Anth. "the tented cover, tilt of a wagon", Aesch. , Xen. : also "a bed-tester", Dem. "an entertainment given in tents, a banquet", Xen.

σκηνή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל, also for מִשְׁכָּן, סֻכָּה, etc. ;] a tent, booth, tabernacle: Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Luk.9:33, Heb.11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ., Luk.16:9; of the Mosaic tabernacle, Heb.8:5 9:2-3, 6 9:8, 21; σ. τ. μαρτυρίου, Act.7:44; of its heavenly prototype, Heb.8:2 9:11, Rev.13:6 15:5 21:3; of the temple, Heb.13:10; ἡ σ. τοῦ Μολόχ, Act.7:43 (LXX); metaphorically, ἡ σ. Δαυείδ Act.15:16 (LXX).† (AS)