σκήνωμα

σκήνωμα — skḗnōma

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 אֹהֶל and מִשְׁכָן.)