Quick Definition
κατασκηνόω v. I encamp, tabernacle, dwell
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 4637; to camp down, i.e. haunt; figuratively, to remain
KJV Usage: lodge, rest
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-σκηνόω, -a, inf. -σκηνοῖν (Mt. xiii. 32 LT Tr WH, Mk. iv. 32 WH, see ἀποδεκατόω; [but also -σκηνοῦν, Mt. le. RG; Mk.l.c. RGLTTr; cf. Tdf Proleg. p. 123]); fut. κατασκηνώσω; 1 aor. κατεσκήνωσα; prop. to pitch one’s tent, to fix one’s abode, to dwell: ἐφ᾽ ἐλπίδι, Acts ii. 26 fr. Ps. xv. (xvi.) 9; foll. by ἐν w. dat. of place, Mt. xiii. 32; Lk. xiii. 19; ὑπό w. acc. of place, Mk. iv. 32. (Xen., Polyb., Diod., al.; κατεσκήνωσεν 6 θεὸς τῷ ναῷ τούτῳ, Joseph. antt. 3, 8,5; add, Sir. xxiv. 4, 8; Sept. mostly for }3v.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατασκηνόω kataskēnoō 4x
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*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-σκηνόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁכךְ;]
to pitch one's tent, lodge, dwell: seq. ἐν, Mt 13:32, Lk 13:19; ὑπό, c. acc., Mk 4:32; ἐπ’ ἐλπιδι, Ac 2:26(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατασκηνόω. For the form κατασκηνοῖν (= κατασκηνοῦν) in Mt 13%, Mk 432, cf. δηλοῖν in P Lond 23178 (c, a.p. 346) (=II. p- 285) and see the other exx. in Hatzidakis Gr. p. 193: see also Moulton Proleg. p. 53, Gr. ii. § 84. To the transitive instances of the verb in the LXX (Ps 22?, 2 Chron 63), add Didache x. 2.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατασκηνόω (kataskēnoō) — to dwell. κατασκην-όω, take up one's quarters, encamp, εἰς.. [LXX+6th c.BC+]: generally, rest, [LXX]; settle, of birds, [NT]: metaphorically, [Refs 3rd c.AD+].