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κατασκηνόω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κατασκηνόω
Greek transliteration: 
kataskēnoō
Simplified transliteration: 
kataskenoo
Principal Parts: 
κατασκηνώσω, κατεσκήνωσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2681
GK Number: 
2942
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1d(3)
Gloss: 
to perch, nest; to live, dwell
Definition: 
to pitch one's tent;, in NT to rest in a place, settle, abide, Acts 2:26; to haunt, roost, Mt. 13:32; Mk. 4:32; Lk. 13:19*

Greek-English Concordance for κατασκηνόω

Matthew 13:32 It is the smallest of all the seeds; but when it is grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest (kataskēnoun | κατασκηνοῦν | pres act inf ) in its branches.”
Mark 4:32 Yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, large so that the birds of the air are able to (kataskēnoun | κατασκηνοῦν | pres act inf ) nest (kataskēnoun | κατασκηνοῦν | pres act inf ) in its shade.”
Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky made nests (kateskēnōsen | κατεσκήνωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in its branches.”
Acts 2:26 on account of this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover my flesh also will dwell (kataskēnōsei | κατασκηνώσει | fut act ind 3 sg) in hope.