Dwelling place
κατασκήνωσιςStrong’s G2682kataskēnōsis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kataskēnōsis is the Greek word usually translated “nests”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”
Meaning
Usually translated “nests”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- nests 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κατασκήνωσις kataskēnōsis · dwelling place
κατα-σκήνωσις, εως, ἡ [in LXX: 1Ch.28:2 (בָּנָה), Eze.37:27 (מִשְׁכָּן) Tob.1:4, Wis.9:8, 2Ma.14:35 (R)* ;] 1. prop., an encamping, taking up one's quarters (Polyb., al., see LS; and cf. LXX, ll. with). 2. a lodging, abode: of birds, Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dwellingplace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DWELL'ING-PLACE, noun
The place of residence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.