I've always thought that the word "Tabernacle" meant something sexual. Whats it really mean?

Question

Sexual as in: " How about you suck on these Tabernacles, yo!!"

Answer 1

a tent of meeting

Answer 2

Probably what you are referring to are the top 3 on this list. It has nothing to do with anything sexual, except 'your body is the temple of God if you defile the temple then you defile God' You defile God with sex before marriage. If God and the Holy Bible is what you believe in, and I do.

Tabernacle can mean:

The biblical Tabernacle, the mishkan, a worship tent or other movable worship facility which the Israelites used during the Exodus and the time of the Book of Judges.


Church tabernacles, a small cupboard, chest or cabinet in which the consecrated hosts are kept.
In architecture, a canopied niche, often used for housing statues.


An alternative word for a shrine, temple or chapel.


The early Methodists of the eighteenth century called their chapels 'Tabernacles', the most famous of which was George Whitefield's London 'Tabernacle', formerly situated in Moorfields.
The place of worship for American camp meetings (which originated during the Second Great Awakening) was usually called the tabernacle. Often it was open-sided to accommodate overflow crowds, and might have roll-up screens or netting on the sides for shade or insect protection.
In Christian camps and singing schools, a permanent outdoor wallless pavilion where worship services or singings are conducted.
Large churches associated with famous preachers or revivalists such as Charles Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle (which sat 6,000) in London and Leslie Maxwell's Prairie (later Maxwell Memorial) Tabernacle [1] (which sat 4,300), and was, from 1954 to 2005, Canada's largest relgious auditorium and the campus church of Prairie Bible College, Three Hills, Alberta.
The Salt Lake Tabernacle. A building owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The nautical term for a fitting or receptacle to which the base of a mast is secured.
A concert venue in Atlanta, GA
A town in New Jersey.

Answer 3

Tabernacle,
1.a temporary dwelling:tent.
2.the human body thought of as the temporary dwelling of the soul.
3.place of worship for a large audience.
4.a Jewish temple.
5. tomb,shrine,etc.,with a canopy.
6.container for something holy or precious;container for the consecrated bread used in the Mass..[n]

Answer 4

The tabernacle was a place of worship for the ancient Hebrews. We call them temples now.

Answer 5

Huh...I always thought is was the name of a beer...kinda like a Tabernacle Dark Lager or something.

Answer 6

The tabernacle is a compartment in a church where the bread and wine for communion are kept.

Answer 7

haha funny. lol