ἐπισκηνόω
episkēnóō · G1981 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to take up residence, to come to reside, to come to dwell
To come to dwell in a place defined psychologically or spiritually (with the possible implication in some contexts of a temporary arrangement)
Examples2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ ἐγώI, we 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- μένω ménō · G3306 · to remain, to stay, to await
- μένω expresses abiding/remaining and could substitute for ἐπισκηνόω's figurative sense of abiding with someone, though it is more general and lacks the tenting/dwelling-place nuance
In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁכַן shâkan · H7931 · to settle down, to stay, dwell, to cause to dwell
- שָׁכַן is the standard Hebrew verb for dwelling/abiding, and is the etymological counterpart to the σκην- root family; it frequently renders divine dwelling/tabernacling presence, making it a natural translation equivalent for ἐπισκηνόω's figurative sense of abiding/dwelling upon
- אָהַל ʼâhal · H167 · to pitch one's tent, to shine, to be clean
- אָהַל specifically denotes tenting/encamping action and could serve as a translation equivalent for the literal 'tent upon' component of ἐπισκηνόω, though it is less common than שָׁכַן for figurative dwelling
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To take up residence, to come to reside, to come to dwell85.75
- Paul recounts in 2 Corinthians 12:9 the Lord's answer to his thorn in the flesh, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness,” and adds that he will boast in his weaknesses “so that the power of Christ may dwell in me,” ἐπισκηνόω marking Christ's power as coming to take up residence upon him.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπισκήνω: 1 aorist ἐπεσκηνωσα; to fix a tent or habitation on: ἐπί τάς οἰκίας, to take…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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