Quick Definition
a dwelling
Strong's Definition
an encampment, i.e. (figuratively) the Temple (as God's residence), the body (as a tenement for the soul)
Derivation: from G4637 (σκηνόω);
KJV Usage: tabernacle
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκήνωμα, σκηνώματος, τό (σκηνόω), a tent, tabernacle: of the temple as God's habitation, Act_7:46 (Psa_14:1 (); Psa_25:8 (); Psa_42:3 (); Psa_45:5 (); Pausanias, 3, 17, 6; of the tabernacle of the covenant, 1Ki_2:28); metaphorically, of the human body as the dwelling of the soul (see σκῆνος): ἐν τῷ σκηνώματι εἶναι, of life on earth, 2Pe_1:15; ἀπόθεσις (the author blending the conceptions of a tent and of a covering or garment, as Paul does in 2Co_5:2), ibid. 14. (Euripides, Xenophon, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for ΰΙδΖμ and ξΔωΐΡλΘο.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκήνωμα skēnōma 3x
a habitation, abode, dwelling, Act_7:46 ;
the corporeal tabernacle of the soul, 2Pe_1:13-14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκήνωμα , -τος , τό
( < σκηνόω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H168 ;]
a tent, tabernacle ( cf. σκηνή , σκῆνος ): of the temple as God's dwelling ( Psa_132:5 , al. ), Act_7:46 . Metaph ., of the body: 2Pe_1:13-14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκήνωμα [page 578]
With σκήνωμα , tent ( Act_7:46 ), also used for the temporary abode of the soul ( 2Pe_1:13 f. ), cf. σκήνωσις in Preisigke 3924 .7 (edict of Germanicus A.D. 19) ἐπὶ σκηνώσεις καταλαμβάνεσθαι ξενίας πρὸς βίαν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σκήνωμα σκήνωμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: = σκήνημα, Eur. ; soldiers'] "quarters", Xen. metaph. "the body", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σκήνωμα, -τος, τό
(σκηνόω), [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל ;]
a tent, tabernacle (cf. σκηνή, σκῆνος): of the temple as God's dwelling (Psa.132:5, al.), Act.7:46. Metaphorical, of the body: 2Pe.1:13-14.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Dwelling (4638) skenoma
Dwelling (4638) (skenoma from skenoo= to pitch a tent [a skenos]) describes an encampment, a booth, a pitched tent or a tabernacle (used this way many times in the Septuagint eg, Ps 14:1, 25:8, 42:3, 45:5) and in context is a figurative description of the body as the dwelling place of the soul.
Skenoma - 3x in the NT...
Acts 7:46 "David found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
2 Peter 1:13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling (figuratively = remain alive), to stir you up by way of reminder,
2 Peter 1:1314 knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
Skenoma - 68x in the Septuagint (LXX) - Deut 33:18; Josh 3:14; Judg 19:9; 20:8; 1 Sam 4:10; 13:2; 17:54; 2 Sam 7:23; 18:17; 19:9; 20:1, 22; 1 Kgs 2:28; 8:4, 66; 12:16, 24; 2 Kgs 8:21; 13:5; 14:12; 1 Chr 5:20; 2 Chr 7:10; 10:16; 11:14; 21:9; 25:22; Ps 14:1; 18:5; 25:8; 42:3; 45:5; 48:12; 51:7; 60:5; 68:26; 73:7; 77:28, 51, 55, 60, 67; 82:7; 83:2, 11; 86:2; 90:10; 105:25; 119:5; 131:3, 5, 7; Song 1:5, 8; Job 21:28; 39:6; Hos 9:6; Hab 1:6; 3:7; Zech 12:7; Mal 2:12; Jer 9:18; 28:30; Lam 2:6; Ezek 25:4