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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 Box Exo 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:9 - Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - “Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - The tent curtains will be a cubit[fn] longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:15 - “Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - and make two frames for the corners at the far end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:30 - “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits[fn] long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:11 - the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:18 - the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:13 - Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:23 - They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:33 - Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - “Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 - So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:28 - Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him.

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3. LOAD PAGE 3 1Ch 17:5–Hab 1:6

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