Words the Bible translates as habitation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- skēnēσκηνήa tent or booth: a temporary shelter of cloth or animal skins that people pitch and later take down
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- the tabernacle: the portable tent-sanctuary where God lived among Israel in the wilderness, and the heavenly sanctuary it stood for
- a dwelling place: an enduring home, above all God's dwelling with his people and the eternal home of the redeemed
- mishkanמִשְׁכָּןa dwelling place: where someone or something resides, most often the LORD's tent-sanctuary in the wilderness
- moshavמוֹשָׁבa place where someone sits or lives: a seat, a settlement, or the act of dwelling there
- navehנָוֶהa settled place of rest: the shepherd's pasture and fold, and by extension the secure home of people or of God
- ma'onמָעוֹןa dwelling place or abode: the settled home where someone or something lives
- makhonמָכוֹןa fixed, established place: the settled spot where something firmly rests or dwells
- na'ahנָוָהopen grazing country: the wide pasture lands a flock is turned out on, and by extension the whole territory a people lives off
- me'onahמְעֹנָהa den: the sheltered retreat a creature lives in, and by extension the home of God or of people
- tirahטִירָהan encampment: the cluster of tents and animal pens a clan lives in, and by extension the area a clan settles in.
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- built stonework that runs around a structure: a course of masonry, or a turret raised on top of a wall.
- mishkanמִשְׁכַּןhabitationnot studied yet
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