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σκῆνος

skenos · τό

hut, tent, the body, tabernacle

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Where it lives

2 Corinthians 2 · 4.46/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σκῆνος · skēnos — LSJ

hut, tent

= σκηνή, hut, tent, CIG 3071 (Teos).

II the body, tabernacle

the body (as the tabernacle of the soul), Hp. Cord. 7, Anat. 1, Democr. 37, 187, 223, al., Pl. Ax. 366a, Ti.Locr. 100a, 101c, 101e, 2 Ep.Cor. 5.1; σ. [μελίσσης] AP 9.404 (Antiphil.).

2 dead body, corpse

dead body, corpse, IG 3.1330, 12(5).591 (Ceos), CIG 3123 (Teos), etc.; of an animal, μόσχου, ταύρων, Nic. Al. 447, Th. 742 (pl.).

In the wild

σκηνῶν · skēnōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 13
σκηνῶν · skēnōn Demosthenes, On the Crown 169 (DIORISIS sentence 489)
σκηνῶν · skēnōn Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 40)
σκήνους · skēnous New Testament, 2 Corinthians 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 68)
σκήνει · skēnei New Testament, 2 Corinthians 5.4 (DIORISIS sentence 70)
σκηνῶν · skēnōn Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 16

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Where it came from

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