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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.

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