What does σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós) mean in the Bible?
σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós): Craftsperson who manufactures portable shelters; Paul's trade providing practical independence for missionary work.
Greek · G4635
σκηνοποιός
A manufacturer of tents
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σκηνοποιός G4635
Pronunciation skēnopoiós
What does σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós) mean in the Bible?
σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós): Craftsperson who manufactures portable shelters; Paul's trade providing practical independence for missionary work.
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How does the BSB render G4635?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include tentmakers (1).
Where does σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 tentmakers 1× Acts 18:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 18:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
σκηνοποιοὶ 1x skēnopoioi Acts 18:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 18:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Craftsperson who manufactures portable shelters; Paul's trade providing practical independence for missionary work.
Strong's G4635
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 18:1-4 Source Gloss
a manufacturer of tents
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Craftsperson who manufactures portable shelters; Paul's trade providing practical independence for missionary work.
(σκηνή, ποιέω), making tents; as subst., ὁ σ., a tent-maker: Act.18:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:3 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
σκηνοποιοὶ skhnopoioi
a tent-maker
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 18:3 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
One who makes tents or leather goods.
Word Origins
σκηνοποιός is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Illustrates vocational integration with gospel mission. Acts 18:1-4
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