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Lexicon :: Strong's H4908 - miškān

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מִשְׁכָּן
Transliteration
miškān
Pronunciation
mish-kawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 2387c

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁכָּן mishkân, mish-kawn'; from H7931; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls):—dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 139x

The KJV translates Strong's H4908 in the following manner: tabernacle (119x), dwelling (9x), habitation (5x), dwellingplaces (3x), place (1x), dwelleth (1x), tents (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 139x
The KJV translates Strong's H4908 in the following manner: tabernacle (119x), dwelling (9x), habitation (5x), dwellingplaces (3x), place (1x), dwelleth (1x), tents (1x).

  1. dwelling place, tabernacle

    1. dwelling-place

    2. dwellings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁכָּן mishkân, mish-kawn'; from H7931; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls):—dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H4908: Abbreviations
מִשְׁכָּן 139 noun masculine Exodus 26:6 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'; — מ׳ Exodus 25:9 +; construct מִשְׁכַּן Exodus 38:21 +, etc.; plural construct מִשְׁכְּנֵי Ex 46:6 (Greek Version of the LXX Bae Du מִשְׁכָּנוֺ, < מִשְׁכַּן י׳); suffix מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶם Ezekiel 25:4 (< משׁכנתיהם, || טִירוֺתֵיהֶם), מִשְׁכָּנוֺת Habakkuk 1:6; Psalm 132:5; construct מִשׁכְּנוֺת Psalm 87:2 +, etc.; —
†1. dwelling-place: מִשְׁכַּןקֹֿרַח דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם; Numbers 16:24, 27 (P) [but here originally מִשְׁכַּן י׳; see Commentaries]; in poetry = tomb, Isaiah 22:16.
2. elsewhere in singular always of abode of י׳:
†a. in general, of temple, קְדשׁ מ׳ Isaiah 46:5; מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 26:8; שְׁמֶ֑ךָ מ׳ Psalm 74:7.
b. מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֺ Psalm 78:60.
c. הַמּ׳ in P, of י׳'s 'dwelling' (Exodus 25:9 RVm; rendered conventionally 'tabernacle'), of planks lined with vari-coloured tapestry, with a 'tent' (אֹהֶל) over it, filled with כְּבוֺד י׳ Exodus 40:34, 35; over it cloud שׁכן Numbers 9:18, 22 (during the wanderings); its plan given by י׳ Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:30; distinguished from אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד the 'tent' over it (compare אֹהֶל 3), Exodus 26:7, 12, 13; Exodus 36:14; Exodus 40:19; מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Leviticus 17:4 (H), Numbers 16:9; Numbers 17:28; Numbers 19:13; Numbers 31:30, 47; Joshua 22:19 (see also 1), 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:5; 29:6; הָעֵדֻת מ׳ Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 53 (twice in verse); Numbers 10:11; אהל מועד מ׳ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2, 6, 29; 1 Chronicles 6:17, מִשְׁכַּן בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים 1 Chronicles 6:23, compare נָשָׂא אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן 1 Chronicles 23:26; compare מִשְׁכָּן (probably gloss on אהל), 2 Samuel 7:6 || 1 Chronicles 17:5, + 76 times P.
3. plural מִשְׁכָּנוֺת, dwellings (only in poetry):
a. of Israel, Numbers 24:5 (poem; || אהלים), Jeremiah 30:18; Isaiah 54:2 + 4 times; of other nations Jeremiah 51:30; Habakkuk 1:6, compare Ezekiel 25:4 (see above); עַוָּל מ׳ Job 18:21; רשׁעים מ׳ Job 21:28; of wild ass Job 39:6(|| בית); shepherds Songs 1:8; = tomb Psalm 49:12 (compare 1).
b. God's abode in Zion Ezekiel 37:27; Psalm 132:5; Psalm 132:7, compare Psalm 43:3; Psalm 84:2 (|| חַצְרוֺת י׳).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7932.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:9; 25:9; 25:9; 26:6; 26:7; 26:12; 26:13; 26:30; 36:14; 38:21; 38:21; 39:32; 40:2; 40:6; 40:19; 40:29; 40:34; 40:35

Leviticus

17:4

Numbers

1:50; 1:53; 9:18; 9:22; 10:11; 16:9; 16:24; 16:27; 19:13; 24:5; 31:30; 31:47

Joshua

22:19

2 Samuel

7:6

1 Chronicles

6:17; 6:23; 16:39; 17:5; 21:29; 23:26

2 Chronicles

1:5; 29:6

Job

18:21; 21:28; 39:6

Psalms

43:3; 49:12; 74:7; 78:60; 84:2; 87:2; 132:5; 132:5; 132:7

Song of Songs

1:8

Isaiah

22:16; 26:8; 46:5; 54:2

Jeremiah

30:18; 51:30

Ezekiel

25:4; 25:4; 37:27

Habakkuk

1:6; 1:6

H4908

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4908 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁכָּן (miškān),
which occurs 139 times in 129 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 25:9–Exo 40:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:9 - Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - “You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:15 - “You shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:30 - Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:11 - the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:18 - the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:13 - And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33 - Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:28 - He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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