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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

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 3 / 3 (1Ch 17:5–Hab 1:6)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5 - for I have not inhabited a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have been from tent to tent and from one [fn]dwelling H4908 place H4908 to another.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - Now the tabernacle H4908 of Yahweh, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were in the high place at Gibeon at that time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - “Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle H4908 and all its furnishings for its service.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, [fn]was there before the tabernacle H4908 of Yahweh, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - “For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what is evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling H4908 place H4908 of Yahweh, and have [fn]turned their backs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 -

“Surely such are the dwellings H4908 of the unjust,

And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 -

“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,

And where is the tent, the dwelling H4908 places H4908 of the wicked?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 -

For whom I have set the desert plain as a home

And the salt land as his dwelling H4908 place H4908?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 -

O Yahweh, I love the habitation of Your house

And the place [fn]where H4908 Your glory dwells H4908.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3 -

Oh send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;

Let them bring me to Your holy mountain

And to Your dwelling H4908 places H4908.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 -

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

The holy dwelling H4908 places H4908 of the Most High.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 -

Their [fn]inner thought is that their houses are forever

And their dwelling H4908 places H4908 [fn]from generation to generation;

They have called their lands after their own names.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 -

They have set Your sanctuary on fire;

By bringing it to the ground, they have defiled the dwelling H4908 place H4908 of Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:28 -

He caused them to fall in the midst of His camp,

All around His dwelling places H4908.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 -

So that He abandoned the dwelling H4908 place H4908 at Shiloh,

The tent [fn]which He caused to dwell among men,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 -

For the choir director. According to the [fn]Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

How lovely are Your dwelling H4908 places H4908,

O Yahweh of hosts!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 -

Yahweh loves the gates of Zion

More than all the dwelling H4908 places H4908 of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 -

Until I find a place for Yahweh,

[fn]A dwelling H4908 place H4908 for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 -

Let us come into His [fn]dwelling H4908 place H4908;

Let us worship at the footstool of His feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 -

[fn]If you yourself do not know,

Most beautiful among women,

Go forth on the trail of the flock

And pasture your young goats

By the dwellings H4908 of the shepherds.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 -

‘What right do you have here,

And whom do you have here,

That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here,

You who hew a tomb on the height,

You who carve a dwelling H4908 place H4908 for [fn]yourself in the cliff?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 -

Then my people will live in a peaceful abode,

And in secure dwellings H4908 and in undisturbed resting places;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 -

“Enlarge the place of your tent;

[fn]Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings H4908, do not hold back;

Lengthen your cords

And strengthen your pegs.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 -

“For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,

‘How we are destroyed!

We are put to great shame,

For we have left the land

Because they have cast down our dwellings H4908.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 -

“Thus says Yahweh,

‘Behold, I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of the tents of Jacob

And have compassion on his dwelling H4908 places H4908;

And the city will be rebuilt on its ruin,

And the palace will sit on its just place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 -

The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting;

They inhabit the strongholds;

Their might is dried up;

They are becoming like women;

Their dwelling H4908 places H4908 are set on fire;

The bars of her gates are broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings H4908 among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27 - “My [fn]dwelling H4908 place H4908 also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 -

“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,

That bitter and hasty nation

Who walks on the breadth of the land

To possess dwelling H4908 places H4908 which are not theirs.


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