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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 1 / 3 (Exo 25:9–Exo 40:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:9 - According to all that I shall shew thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the utensils thereof, even so shall ye make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - And thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - And that which remaineth hanging over of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the rear of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:15 - And the boards for the tabernacle thou shalt make of acacia-wood, standing up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - One board shall have two tenons, connected one with the other: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - And for the other side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - And for the rear of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood; five for the boards 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 boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards 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 - And thou shalt set up the tabernacle according to its fashion, as hath been shewn thee on the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the lamp-stand opposite to the table on the side of the tabernacle southward; and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined byssus; a hundred cubits the length for the one side,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the utensils of the tabernacle for the service thereof and all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:11 - the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, 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, and its staves; and the anointing-oil, and the incense of fragrant drugs; and the entrance-curtain at the entrance 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 every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

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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 together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle became one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains did he make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - two tenons in one board, connected one with the other: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - And for the other side of the tabernacle, on the side toward the north, he made twenty boards,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - And at the rear of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - and he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - -- And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards 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 boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards 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 round about were of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - These are the things numbered of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, by the service of the Levites, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - And all the labour of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was ended; and the children of Israel had done it according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses -- so had they done it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33 - And they brought the tabernacle to Moses -- the tent, and all its utensils, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and 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 curtain for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the vessel's of 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 day of the first month, on the first of the month, shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And thou shalt set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and hang up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shalt hallow it, and all its utensils; and it shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put in its bases, and fixed its boards, and put in its bars, and set 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 above over it; as Jehovah 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 hung up the veil of separation, and covered the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:28 - And he hung up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And he put the altar of burnt-offering at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt-offering and the oblation; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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