Word study · Greek
skēnoō
to pitch a tent, to dwell
Say it: skay-NO-oh (approximate)
σκηνόω
What it means
Literally "to live in a tent," from the word for tent or tabernacle. John 1:14 says the Word "lived among us" using this verb, which recalls the tabernacle in the wilderness where God's glory dwelt. It appears in the New Testament mostly in John and Revelation.
Range of meaning
- DwellLive in.
- TabernacleSet up a tent.
In John
- Chapter 1
"The Word became flesh, and lived among us" (1:14).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4637 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources