Tabernacle

(1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.).

(2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”).

(3.) The human body (2 Corinthians 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed to a permanent dwelling.

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Author: Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Keywords: Tabernacle

Source: Matthew G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary.