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(ii) Ohel (168) - a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):
a primitive root; to be clear, shining.
A temporary shelter made of cloth, supported usually by poles and ropes. In biblical times tents were frequently made of a cloth woven out of black goat's hair.
In later years, a tent came to stand symbolically for a number of abstract ideas. The most common usage is as a general term for a home or dwelling <Luke 16:9; Ps. 15:1>. The apostle Paul used the word to refer to our bodies, calling them "earthly tents" <2 Cor. 5:1>.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
(Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
(iii) One's family influence or ones own body as a tent.
(iv) (a) 1:5,8
(b) 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Pet 1:13