Skenoo means “dwell” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4637 — maaratsah (“terror”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4637 σκηνόω (skenoo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. skenoo (skay-noh'-o) v. 1. to tent or encamp 2. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion) It has 8 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include god. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
skenoo (skay-noh'-o) v. 1. to tent or encamp 2. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion) [from G4636] KJV: dwell Root(s): G4636
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to dwell
Usage: σκηνόω, -ῶ (σκηνή), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַן ;] to have one's tabernacle, to dwell (in π. of temporary dwelling, see MM, Exp., xxii): before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.7:15; before ἐν, with dative of person(s), Jhn.1:14; id. with dative loc., Rev.12:12 13:6; before μετά, with genitive of person(s), Rev.21:3 (cf. ἐπι-, κατα-σκηνόω).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render skenoo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4637 (σκηνόω) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighboring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
Gilead is on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; And why does Dan remain in ships? Asher sat down on the seacoasts, And he will tabernacle at his ports.
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, eastward of Nobah and Jogbehah; and he smote the host, and the host was secure.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4637.
And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighboring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
Gilead is on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; And why does Dan remain in ships? Asher sat down on the seacoasts, And he will tabernacle at his ports.
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, eastward of Nobah and Jogbehah; and he smote the host, and the host was secure.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4637, grouped by book.
Skenoo (Strong's G4637) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dwell". skenoo (skay-noh'-o) v. 1. to tent or encamp 2. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion)
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G4637 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4637 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as god. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4637, with linked reader references where each row is available.