HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5521
סֻכָּה
suk.kah — booth
1) thicket, covert, booth 1a) thicket 1b) booth (rude or temporary shelter)
29 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Booth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7900
שֹׂךְ
sokh — booth
booth, pavilion
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4633
σκηνή
skēnē — tent
σκηνή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אֹהֶל, also for מִשְׁכָּן, סֻכָּה, etc. ;] a tent, booth, tabernacle: Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Luk.9:33, Heb.11:9; αἱ αἰώνιοι σ., Luk.16:9; of the Mosaic tabernacle, Heb.8:5 9:2-3, 6 9:8, 21; σ. τ. μαρτυρίου, Act.7:44; of its heavenly prototype, Heb.8:2 9:11, Rev.13:6 15:5 21:3; of the temple, Heb.13:10; ἡ σ. τοῦ Μολόχ, Act.7:43 (LXX); metaphorically, ἡ σ. Δαυείδ Act.15:16 (LXX).† (AS)
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5523
סֻכּוֹת
suk.kot — Succoth
§ Succoth = "booths" the site where Jacob put up booths for his cattle and built a house for himself; apparently east of the Jordan near the ford of the torrent Jabbok and later allotted to the tribe of Gad
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5520
סֹךְ
sokh — lair
thicket, lair, covert, booth
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5058
τελώνιον
telōnion — tax booth
τελώνιον, -ου, τό (τελώνης), a custom house (so in MGr.), tollhouse, place of toll: Mat.9:9, Mrk.2:14, Luk.5:27.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4634
σκηνοπηγία
skēnopēgia — Feast|Festival of Booths
σκηνοπηγία, -ας, ἡ (σκηνή, πήγνυηι), [in LXX for סֻכָּה, Deu.16:16 31:10, Zec.14:16, 18-19; I Est.5:51, 1Ma.10:21, 2Ma.1:9 2Mac 1:18 * ;] prop., the setting up of tents or dwellings (Arist.); in LXX and NT, ἡ σ., ἡ ἑορτή τῆς σ. (called also ἑορτὴ σκηνῶν, Lev.23:34, al.; see Deiss., LAE, 116 f.), the feast of Tabernacles: Jhn.7:2.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5524
סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹת
suk.kot be.not — Succoth-benoth
§ Succoth-benoth = "the daughter's booth" Assyrian or Babylonian deity worshipped by the Babylonians in Samaria
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5525
סֻכִּיִּים
suk.ki — Sukkiim
People descended from Sukki(?), only mentioned at 2Ch.12.3 § Sukkiims = "booth dwellers" a people who supplied warriors for the Egyptian army under Shishak
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1665
גִּתִּית
git.tit — Gittith
§ Gittith = "a wine-press" a musical instrument? from Gath? and used in three Psalm titles- Ps 8:1; 81:1; 84:1; a song title used for the Feast of Booths
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A hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.