- σκήνωμα
- σκήνωμα, ατος, τό (σκηνόω; Eur., X. et al.; LXX; TestJob 43:7, 11; ParJer; ApcSed 9; Jos., Ant. 11, 187) gener. ‘lodging, dwelling’, in our lit. only metaph. habitationⓐ of a people σκήνωμα τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰακώβ a habitation for the house of Jacob Ac 7:46 (after Ps 131:5, but w. οἴκῳ for θεῷ). For this rdg. of the text s. Metzger 351–53, lit. n. 11.ⓑ of God (Paus. 3, 17, 6; LXX) Ac 7:46 belongs here if σκήνωμα in the text as cited above is to be understood in ref. to a dwelling shared by God, and esp. so if θεῷ instead of Ἰακώβ is preferred, in which case the dwelling is for God alone.ⓒ of the body (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 24, 11; Herm. Wr. in Stob., Flor. I 396, 1 W.=p. 476, 3 Sc.; schol. on Nicander, Ther. 694; PGM 19a, 49; Sextus 320; s. σκῆνος) εἶναι ἐν τούτῳ τῷ σκ.=remain alive 2 Pt 1:13 (cp. the late Christ. ins IG X/2, 1, 397, 6f, s. New Docs 4, 172); opp. ἡ ἀπόθεσις τοῦ σκ.=death vs. 14. ἡ ψυχὴ ἐν θνητῷ σκηνώματι κατοικεῖ Dg 6:8 (Sext., loc. cit. τὸ ς. τῆς ψυχῆς).—DELG s.v. σκηνή. M-M. TW.
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