Lexical Definition

‎σκηνή‎ skēnḗ (skay-nay') tent ^G:N-F
apparently akin to ‎σκεῦος‎ and ‎σκιά‎

habitation, tabernacle.

• a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

σκηνή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל, also for מִשְׁכָּן, סֻכָּה, etc. ;]
a tent, booth, tabernacle: Mt 17:4, Mk 9:5, Lk 9:33, He 11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ., Lk 16:9; of the Mosaic tabernacle, He 8:5 9:2, 3, 6, 8, 21; σ. τ. μαρτυρίου, Ac 7:44; of its heavenly prototype, He 8:2 9:11, Re 13:6 15:5 21:3; of the temple, He 13:10; ἡ σ. τοῦ Μολόχ, Ac 7:43 (LXX); metaph., ἡ σ. Δαυείδ Ac 15:16 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σκηνή-ή,

Doric dialect σκᾱνά, ἡ (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+].

__I tent, booth, [σκηνήαῖς.. ναυτικαῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 3; σκηνήῆς ἔνδον [prev. work] 218 (\_anapaest meter\_); ὑπὸ σκηνήαῖσι [prev. work] 754 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκηνήῆς ὕπαυλος[σκηνήὴν ποιήσαντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; πηξάμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.30; ἵστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.3 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς σ. καταλύειν, διαλύειν, strike camp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also σ. μάλα ἰσχυρῶν ξύλων hut, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; booth in the marketplace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, camp, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 σκηνήὰς ἐς ἱεράς to the holy tabernacle, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II stage-building as background for plays, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραγικὴ σ. a sort of πῆγμα, such as that from which the prologue of [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [ἥρωες] heroes represented on the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀπὸ σκηνήῆς actors, players, opposed to χορός, [σκηνήήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 16; οἱ ἐπὶ σκηνήῆς 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.65 codices, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 16; compare σκηνήικός and see below 111.1b. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνήῆς μέρος that which is actually represented on the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνήῆς (i.e. ᾄσματα), songs or odes sung by one of the actors standing on the stage (not by the chorus),[Refs]
__II.4 metaphorically, stage-effect, acting, unreality, σκηνήὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος 'all the world's a stage', [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; theatrical trick, deception, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III tented cover, tilt of a wagon or carriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, bed-tester, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.b metaphorically, τὸν ὑπὸ (probably conjecture for ἐπὶ) σκηνήῆς βίον the hidden life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 in large ships, state-cabin on the poop, [σκηνήήν [prev. work] 86.8 (3rd c.BC). ">Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV entertainment given in tents, banquet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.26.1}