Feast|Festival of Booths
σκηνοπηγίαStrong’s G4634skēnopēgia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Skēnopēgia is the Greek word usually translated “booths”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.”
Meaning
Usually translated “booths”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of booths 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σκηνοπηγία skēnopēgia · Feast|Festival of Booths
σκηνοπηγία, -ας, ἡ (σκηνή, πήγνυηι), [in LXX for סֻכָּה, Deu.16:16 31:10, Zec.14:16, 18-19; I Est.5:51, 1Ma.10:21, 2Ma.1:9 2Mac 1:18 * ;] prop., the setting up of tents or dwellings (Arist.); in LXX and NT, ἡ σ., ἡ ἑορτή τῆς σ. (called also ἑορτὴ σκηνῶν, Lev.23:34, al.; see Deiss., LAE, 116 f.), the feast of Tabernacles: Jhn.7:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “booth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOOTH, noun
[Heb. beth, a house or booth a nest for birds.]
All definitions and other forms of “booth”
BOOT'-HOSE, noun
[boot and hose.]
Stocking-hose or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
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.