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Lexicon :: Strong's H4908 - miškān

Aa
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.
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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 3 / 3 (1Ch 17:5–Hab 1:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5 - For H3588 I have H3427➔ not H3808 dwelt ➔H3427 in an house H1004 since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 I brought up H5927 Israel H3478 unto H5704 this H2088 day; H3117 but have gone H1961 from tent H168 to H413 tent, H168 and from one tabernacle H4908 to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - For the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 Moses H4872 made H6213 in the wilderness, H4057 and the altar H4196 of the burnt offering, H5930 were at H6256➔ that H1931 season ➔H6256 in the high place H1116 at Gibeon. H1391

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - And also H1571 unto the Levites; H3881 they shall H5375➔ no H369 more carry ➔H5375 the tabernacle, H4908 nor H853 any H3605 vessels of it H3627 for the service thereof. H5656

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:5 - Moreover H4196➔ the brasen H5178 altar, ➔H4196 that H834 Bezaleel H1212 the son H1121 of Uri, H221 the son H1121 of Hur, H2354 had made, H6213 he put H7760 before H6440 the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD: H3068 and H1875➔ Solomon H8010 and the congregation H6951 sought unto it. ➔H1875

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - For H3588 our fathers H1 have trespassed, H4603 and done H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 our God, H430 and have forsaken him, H5800 and have turned away H5437 their faces H6440 from the habitation H4908 of the LORD, H3068 and turned H5414 their backs. H6203

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 - Surely H389 such H428 are the dwellings H4908 of the wicked, H5767 and this H2088 is the place H4725 of him that knoweth H3045 not H3808 God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - For H3588 ye say, H559 Where H346 is the house H1004 of the prince? H5081 and where H346 are the dwelling H4908➔ places ➔ H168 H4908 of the wicked? H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose H834 house H1004 I have made H7760 the wilderness, H6160 and H4908➔ the barren land H4420 his dwellings. ➔ H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:3 - O send out H7971 thy light H216 and thy truth: H571 let H5148➔ them H1992 lead me; ➔H5148 let them bring me H935 unto H413 thy holy H6944 hill, H2022 and to H413 thy tabernacles. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river, H5104 the streams whereof H6388 shall make glad H8055 the city H5892 of God, H430 the holy H6918 place of the tabernacles H4908 of the most High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their inward thought H7130 is, that their houses H1004 shall continue for ever, H5769 and their dwelling places H4908 to all generations; H1755 H1755 they call H7121 their lands H127 after their own names. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They have cast H7971 fire into H784 thy sanctuary, H4720 they have defiled H2490 by casting down the dwelling place H4908 of thy name H8034 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:28 - And he let H5307➔ it fall ➔H5307 in the midst H7130 of their camp, H4264 round about H5439 their habitations. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that he forsook H5203 the tabernacle H4908 of Shiloh, H7887 the tent H168 which he placed H7931 among men; H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 - [[To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Gittith, H1665 A Psalm H4210 for the sons H1121 of Korah.]] H7141 How H4100 amiable H3039 are thy tabernacles, H4908 O LORD H3068 of hosts! H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 - The LORD H3068 loveth H157 the gates H8179 of Zion H6726 more than all H3605 the dwellings H4908 of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 - Until H5704 I find out H4672 a place H4725 for the LORD, H3068 an habitation H4908 for the mighty H46 God of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 - We will go H935 into his tabernacles: H4908 we will worship H7812 at his footstool. H1916 H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - If H518 thou know H3045 not, H3808 O thou fairest H3303 among women, H802 go H3318➔ thy way forth ➔H3318 by the footsteps H6119 of the flock, H6629 and feed H7462 thy kids H1429 beside H5921 the shepherds' H7462 tents. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What H4100 hast thou here? H6311 and whom H4310 hast thou here, H6311 that H3588 thou hast hewed H2672➔ thee out ➔H2672 a sepulchre H6913 here, H6311 as he that heweth H2672➔ him H6913➔ out ➔H2672 a sepulchre ➔H6913 on high, H4791 and that graveth H2710 an habitation H4908 for himself in a rock? H5553

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 - And H3427➔ my people H5971 shall dwell ➔H3427 in a H5116➔ peaceable H7965 habitation, ➔H5116 and in H4908➔ sure H4009 dwellings, ➔ H4908 and in H4496➔ quiet H7600 resting places; ➔H4496

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge H7337 the place H4725 of thy tent, H168 and H3407➔ let them stretch forth H5186 the curtains ➔H3407 of thine habitations: H4908 spare H2820 not, H408 lengthen H748 thy cords, H4340 and H3489➔ strengthen H2388 thy stakes; ➔H3489

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - For H3588 a voice H6963 of wailing H5092 is heard H8085 out of Zion, H6726 How H349 are we spoiled! H7703 we are H954➔ greatly H3966 confounded, ➔H954 because H3588 we have forsaken H5800 the land, H776 because H3588 our dwellings H4908 have cast H7993➔ us out. ➔H7993

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Behold, I H2005 will bring again H7725 the captivity H7622 of H168➔ Jacob's H3290 tents, ➔H168 and H4908➔ have mercy H7355 on his dwellingplaces; ➔ H4908 and H1129➔ the city H5892 shall be builded ➔H1129 upon H5921 her own heap, H8510 and the palace H759 shall remain H3427 after H5921 the manner thereof. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men H1368 of Babylon H894 have forborn H2308 to fight, H3898 they have remained H3427 in H4679➔ their holds: ➔H4679 their might H1369 hath failed; H5405 they became H1961 as women: H802 they have burned H3341 her dwellingplaces; H4908 her bars H1280 are broken. H7665

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, H2005 therefore H3651 I will deliver thee H5414 to the men H1121 of the east H6924 for a possession, H4181 and they shall set H3427 their palaces H2918 in thee, and make H5414 their dwellings H4908 in thee: they H1992 shall eat H398 thy fruit, H6529 and they H1992 shall drink H8354 thy milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27 - My tabernacle H4908 also shall be H1961 with them: H5921 yea, I will be H1961 their God, H430 and they H1992 shall be H1961 my H589 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For, H3588 lo, I H2005 raise up H6965 the Chaldeans, H3778 that bitter H4751 and hasty H4116 nation, H1471 which shall march H1980 through the breadth H4800 of the land, H776 to possess H3423 the dwellingplaces H4908 that are not H3808 theirs.

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