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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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

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

Page 3 / 3 (1Ch 17:5–Hab 1:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5 - For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle H4908 to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - For the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, H4908 nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation H4908 of the LORD, and turned their backs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 - Surely such are the dwellings H4908 of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling H4908 places of the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. H4908

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. H4908

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3 - O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. H4908

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles H4908 of the most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling H4908 places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place H4908 of thy name to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:28 - And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. H4908

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that he forsook the tabernacle H4908 of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] How amiable are thy tabernacles, H4908 O LORD of hosts!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 - The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings H4908 of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 - Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation H4908 for the mighty God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 - We will go into his tabernacles: H4908 we will worship at his footstool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. H4908

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation H4908 for himself in a rock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 - And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, H4908 and in quiet resting places;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: H4908 spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings H4908 have cast us out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; H4908 and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; H4908 her bars are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings H4908 in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27 - My tabernacle H4908 also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces H4908 that are not theirs.

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