G4636 σκῆνος

Strong's Greek Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

σκῆνος

skēnos

Definition

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

KJV Renderings

tabernacle

Derivation / Etymology

from G4633 (σκηνή);

KJV Verses (2)

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.