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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.
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 2 / 3 (Exo 40:33–1Ch 16:39)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he erected the courtyard all around the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and the altar, and [fn]hung up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 -

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle H4908.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:36 - Throughout their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle H4908, the sons of Israel would set out;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - For throughout their journeys, the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle H4908 by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 -

Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and everything that was in it, and consecrated them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 -

“And so you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My [fn]tabernacle H4908 that is among them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - and has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD in front of the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, bloodshed is to be counted against that person. He has shed blood, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 - ‘Moreover, I will make My [fn]dwelling H4908 among you, and My soul will not [fn]reject you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - “And you shall appoint the Levites over the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over everything that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle H4908 and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the [fn]tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - “So when the tabernacle H4908 is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle H4908 encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the [fn]layman who comes near it shall be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - “But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle H4908 of the testimony, so that there will be no divine wrath against the congregation of the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be responsible for service to the tabernacle H4908 of the testimony.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - “They shall perform the duties for [fn]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the [fn]tabernacle H4908 westward,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle H4908 and the tent, its covering, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - and the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard which is around the tabernacle H4908 and the altar, and its ropes, according to all the service [fn]concerning them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:29 - The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle H4908,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - Now the appointment of duties of the sons of Merari included the framework of the tabernacle H4908, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and all the service concerning them,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 -

Now those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle H4908 eastward, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the [fn]layman coming near was to be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 -

“Now the responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual grain offering, and the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and everything that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle H4908 and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle H4908 and the altar, and their ropes and all the equipment for their service; and everything that is to be done [fn]by them, [fn]they shall perform.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this is the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle H4908, its bars, its pillars, and its bases,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware container; and [fn]he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle H4908 and put it in the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:1 -

Now on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle H4908, he anointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - When they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them in front of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 -

Now on the day that the tabernacle H4908 was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle H4908, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle H4908 until morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18 - At the [fn]command of the LORD the sons of Israel would set out, and at the [fn]command of the LORD they would camp; as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle H4908, they remained camped.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle H4908 for many days, [fn]the sons of Israel would comply with the LORD’S ordinance and not set out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20 - If [fn]sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle H4908, in accordance with the [fn]command of the LORD they remained camped. Then in accordance with the [fn]command of the LORD they set out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle H4908, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:11 -

Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from above the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 -

Then the tabernacle H4908 was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle H4908, set out.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:21 -

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and the tabernacle H4908 was set up before their arrival.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Is it too small an honor for you that the God of Israel has singled you out from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:24 - “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from the areas around the [fn]tents H4908 of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they moved away from the areas around the [fn]tents H4908 of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, along with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - “Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - ‘Anyone who touches a dead body, the [fn]body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Since the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he will be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 -

How pleasant are your tents, Jacob,

Your dwelling H4908 places H4908, Israel!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn from every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals; and give them to the Levites who perform the duty of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - from the sons of Israel’s half Moses took one drawn from every fifty, both of people and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - ‘If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then [fn]cross into the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD’S [fn]tabernacle H4908 [fn]stands, and settle among us. Only do not rebel against the LORD, or rebel against us, by building an altar for yourselves besides the altar of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - “Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD and turn away from following the LORD this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD our God which is before His [fn]tabernacle H4908.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - “For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; rather, I have been moving about in a tent, that is, in a dwelling H4908 place H4908.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They were ministering in song in front of the tabernacle H4908 of the tent of meeting until Solomon’s building of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they [fn]served in their office according to their order.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their kinsmen the Levites were [fn]appointed for all the service of the tabernacle H4908 of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon,

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