G4636

σκῆνος

skēnos

Neuter noun · From σκηνή (G4633)

From G4633; a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit):—tabernacle.

Outline

a tabernacle, a tent
metaph. of the human body, in which the soul dwells as in a tent, and which is taken down at death

Usages

2 Corinthians 5:1

For 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.

Breakdown

earthly house Our bodies on earth. building of God The spiritual body that we have in heaven that we transition into after we die and our spirit returns to the spirit world.

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2 Corinthians 5:4

For 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.

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