Bible word study

Skenoo (Strong’s G4637): Meaning in the Bible

Skenoo (σκηνόω) is the Greek word numbered G4637 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to tent or encamp, i.e. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion). In the King James Bible it is translated dwell..

• Original wordσκηνόω
• Transliterationskēnóō
• Pronunciationskay-no'-o
• Strong’s numberG4637
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G4636;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Skenoo appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Skenoo (G4637) stands behind 5 English renderings in 5 verses across 2 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Revelation (4), John (1).

How the King James Bible renders Skenoo, by count

• dwell4 of 5 (80 percent)
• dwelt1 of 5 (20 percent)

Three places to read Skenoo

• John 1:14 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.
• Revelation 7:15 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.
• Revelation 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Skenoo in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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