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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
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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.
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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 2 / 3 (Exo 40:33–1Ch 16:39)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 - Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:36 - Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - “Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the LORD in front of the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 - I will make my dwelling[fn] among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service connected with these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The clans of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the chief of the fathers’ house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - And the appointed guard duty of the sons of Merari involved the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service connected with these;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, guarding the sanctuary itself, to protect[fn] the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the hangings of the court and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service. And they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:1 - On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - and brought their offerings before the LORD, six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 - On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18 - At the command of the LORD the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD they camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20 - Sometimes the cloud was a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of the LORD they remained in camp; then according to the command of the LORD they set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel remained in camp and did not set out, but when it lifted they set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:11 - In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 - And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:21 - Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:24 - “Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 - How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And from the people of Israel’s half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - from the people of Israel’s half Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - But now, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over into the LORD’s land where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us. Only do not rebel against the LORD or make us as rebels by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD and turn away this day from following the LORD by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands before his tabernacle!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon

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