What does κατασκηνόω (kataskēnóō) mean in the Bible?
κατασκηνόω (kataskēnóō) is a Greek word meaning "to dwell".
Greek · G2681
κατασκηνόω
To dwell
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κατασκηνόω G2681
Pronunciation kataskēnóō
What does κατασκηνόω (kataskēnóō) mean in the Bible?
κατασκηνόω (kataskēnóō) is a Greek word meaning "to dwell".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2681?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include nest (2), nested (1), will dwell (1).
Where does κατασκηνόω (kataskēnóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It nest 2× Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32
nested 1× Luke 13:19
will dwell 1× Acts 2:26
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:32 κατασκηνοῦν* to nest Verb - Present Infinitive Active Mark 4:32 κατασκηνοῦν* to nest Verb - Present Infinitive Active Luke 13:19 κατεσκήνωσεν to nested Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 2:26 κατασκηνώσει to will dwell Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:32
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
κατασκηνοῦν* 2x kataskēnoun Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32
κατασκηνώσει 1x kataskēnōsei Acts 2:26
κατεσκήνωσεν 1x kateskēnōsen Luke 13:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 2x Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 13:19
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 2:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to dwell
Strong's G2681
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to dwell
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:32 Verb Present Active Infinitive
κατασκηνοῦν kataskhnoun
I encamp, tabernacle, dwell
Read verse Mark 4:32 Verb Present Active Infinitive
κατασκηνοῦν. kataskhnoun
I encamp, tabernacle, dwell
Read verse Luke 13:19 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
κατεσκήνωσεν kateskhnwsen
I encamp, tabernacle, dwell
Read verse Acts 2:26 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
κατασκηνώσει kataskhnwsei
I encamp, tabernacle, dwell
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Present, Aorist, Future Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Present Active Matt 13:32 · Mark 4:32 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Active Luke 13:19 1×
Future Active Acts 2:26 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 future 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 2 infinitive 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κατασκηνόω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain