a temporary movable tent or habitation.

1. 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 .)
2. Succah , Usually "tabernacle" and "booth."
3. 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.