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Smith’s Bible Dictionary · 1884

Pavilion

a temporary movable tent or habitation.

Soc, properly an enclosed place, also rendered “tabernacle,” “covert” and “den;” once only “pavilion.” (Psalms 27:5) (Among the Egyptians pavilions were built in a similar style to houses, though on a smaller scale in various parts of the country, and in the foreign districts through which the Egyptian armies passed, for the use of the king—Wilkinson .) Succah, Usually “tabernacle” and “booth.” Shaphrur and shaphrir, a word used once only, in (Jeremiah 49:10) to signify glory or splendor, and hence probably to be understood of the splendid covering of the royal throne.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith, revised and edited by F. N. and M. A. Peloubet (1884). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: words our source left outside its paragraphs put back in them.