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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 show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - “And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - “You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair, to be a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - “The remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - “And a cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side, of what remains of 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 for the tabernacle you shall make the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - “Two tenons shall be in each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - “And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - “And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, there shall be twenty boards

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - “For the far side of the tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - “And you shall also make two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - “five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far side westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:30 - “And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - “You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - “You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:11 - ‘the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - ‘the incense altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door 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, the pegs of the court, and their cords;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made 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 to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:20 - For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. Thus he made 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 boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - For the west side of the tabernacle he made six boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - He also made two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.

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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 on one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.

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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 furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the 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 first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - “You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - “Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall 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 of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was raised up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD 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, hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:28 - He hung up the screen at the door of 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 before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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