What Is Pavilion in the Bible?
Object
A tent, sometimes large and decorated. Peter wanted to make three tents on the mountain.
A detail
- Careful: here it is not a building in a park or at a fair.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 17:4; Genesis 12:8
What the Bible says
Matthew 17:4
And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Genesis 12:8
And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “pavilion”