κατασκήνωσις

εως, ἡ
A. encamping, taking up one's quarters, LXX 1 Ch. 28.2, al.; καλεῖν τινα πρὸς κατασκήνωσιν Plb. 11.26.5; διδόναι εἰς κ. to give them as quarters, OGI 229.57 (Smyrna, iii B.C.); ἐν κ. in camp, Onos. 11.6: pl. -σκηνώσεις βασιλέων Gp. 11.2.9.
2. of birds, restingplace, nest, Ev.Matt. 8.20 (pl.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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