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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - and also to the Levites, “They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Now the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put[fn] before the tabernacle of the LORD; Solomon and the assembly sought Him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - “For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the LORD our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 - Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is the tent,[fn]
The dwelling place of the wicked?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the barren land his dwelling?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place where Your glory dwells.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3 - Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!
Let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,[fn]
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They have set fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:28 - And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
All around their dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 - To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath.[fn] A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O LORD of hosts!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 - The LORD loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 - Until I find a place for the LORD,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 - Let us go into His tabernacle;
Let us worship at His footstool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - The Beloved
If you do not know, O fairest among women,
Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
And feed your little goats
Beside the shepherds’ tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 - My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge the place of your tent,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of our dwellings.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus says the LORD:

‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And have mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
The bars of her gate are broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - “indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27 - “My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

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