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Strong's #4908 - מִשְׁכָּן

Transliteration

mishkân

Phonetics

mish-kawn'

Origin

from (H7931)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2387c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

dwelling place, tabernacle
1. dwelling-place
2. dwellings

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 161 ‑ αἰχμαλωσία (aheekh‑mal‑o‑see'‑ah); 1774 ‑ ἐνοικέω (en‑oy‑keh'‑o); 2571 ‑ κάλυμμα (kal'‑oo‑mah); 2646 ‑ κατάλυμα (kat‑al'‑oo‑mah); 2682 ‑ κατασκήνωσις (kat‑as‑kay'‑no‑sis); 2787 ‑ κιβωτός (kib‑o‑tos'); 3624 ‑ οἶκος (oy'‑kos); 4633 ‑ σκηνή (skay‑nay'); 4638 ‑ σκήνωμα (skay'‑no‑mah); 4864 ‑ συναγωγή (soon‑ag‑o‑gay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (140)

Exodus 61

Leviticus 4

Numbers 43

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 2

Job 4

Psalms 9

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

BSB (138)

Exodus 58

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 11

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

CSB (136)

Exodus 58

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 11

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

ESV (137)

Exodus 58

Leviticus 5

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 11

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

KJV (138)

Exodus 57

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 11

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

LEB (137)

Exodus 57

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 10

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

LSB (158)

Exodus 58

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 3

Job 5

Psalms 21

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 3

Habakkuk 2

N95 (137)

Exodus 58

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 3

Job 5

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 3

Habakkuk 2

NAS (158)

Exodus 58

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 3

Job 5

Psalms 21

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 3

Habakkuk 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (146)

Exodus 63

Leviticus 4

Numbers 44

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Job 4

Psalms 11

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

ASV (140)

a tabernacle 1

and in a tabernacle 1

and the tabernacle 2

and the tent 2

and to thy tabernacles 1

and when the tabernacle 2

and where is the tent 1

are thy tabernacles 1

dwelling-places that are not theirs 1

dwellings 1

dwelt 1

even the tabernacle 1

for the tabernacle 5

from over the tabernacle 1

from the habitation 1

from the tabernacle 1

graving a habitation 1

her dwelling-places 1

his tabernacle 1

into his tabernacles 1

into the tabernacle 1

it was upon the tabernacle 1

land his dwelling-place 1

more than all the dwellings 1

my tabernacle 3

of all the tabernacle 1

of the tabernacle 41

of the tent 4

of thy habitations 1

on his dwelling-places 1

our dwellings 1

over the tabernacle 4

part of the tabernacle 2

place of the tabernacles 1

so the tabernacle 1

surely such are the dwellings 1

tabernacle 1

tents 1

that cometh near unto the tabernacle 1

that the tabernacle 2

the dwelling-place 1

the tabernacle 30

their dwellings 1

their habitations 1

thy tabernacles 1

to the tabernacle 2

upon the tabernacle 4

was upon the tabernacle 1

which is by the tabernacle 2

BSB (138)

- 2

a dwelling 1

above the tabernacle 1

and dwelling to dwelling 1

and whenever it 1

as my dwelling 1

babylon''s homes 1

dwell 1

dwellings 1

dwells 1

for the tabernacle 11

from the dwelling place 1

from the tabernacle 1

his dwelling 1

his tabernacle 1

is the dwelling 1

is your dwelling place 1

it 3

my dwelling place 2

my tabernacle 1

of the tabernacle 31

of your dwellings 1

on his dwellings 1

our dwellings 1

resides 1

so that the tabernacle 2

tabernacle 4

the dwelling place 1

the dwellings 3

the place where you dwell 1

the tabernacle 41

the tabernacle itself 1

the tents 1

their dwellings 2

their tents 1

then the tabernacle 1

to his dwelling place 1

to the tabernacle 5

were the tabernacle 1

were the tabernacle''s 1

whenever the tabernacle 1

your dwellings 1

your resting place 1

CSB (136)

crypt 1

dwelling 2

dwellings 2

his dwelling place 1

his dwellings 1

his tent 1

homes 2

it 2

its dwelling 1

lived in 1

place 3

residence 1

tabernacle 15

tent 1

tents 2

territories 1

the dwelling 1

the dwelling place 1

the dwellings 3

the tabernacle 92

the tabernacle's 1

your dwelling place 1

ESV (137)

dwelling 7

dwelling place 6

dwelling places 2

dwellings 8

dwells 1

encampments 1

habitation 2

habitations 1

lived 1

tabernacle 107

tent 1

KJV (138)

dwelleth 1

dwelling 3

dwellingplaces 3

dwellings 6

habitation 3

habitations 2

place 1

tabernacle 113

tabernacles 5

tents 1

LEB (137)

a dwelling place 2

and in a dwelling place of 1

and in a tabernacle 1

and my tabernacle 1

and when the tabernacle 1

before the tabernacle 1

before the tabernacle of 1

dwelling places 1

dwellings 1

for the tabernacle 8

for the tabernacle of 1

her dwelling places 1

his dwellings 2

in which 1

is before his tabernacle 1

is the tabernacle 1

its dwelling place 1

my dwelling place 1

my tabernacle 1

now the tabernacle of 1

of the tabernacle 1

our dwelling places 1

so that the tabernacle 2

tabernacle 2

tabernacle to tabernacle 1

the dwelling of 1

the dwelling place at 1

the dwelling place for 1

the dwelling place of 1

the dwellings of 4

the tabernacle 68

the tabernacle according to 1

the tabernacle of 16

the tent of the tabernacle 1

the tents of 1

their dwelling places 1

to his dwelling places 1

your dwelling place 1

your dwelling places 2

your dwellings 1

LSB (158)

dwelling 19

dwellings 9

dwells 1

place 9

places 10

tabernacle 109

where 1

N95 (137)

dwelling 9

dwellings 8

place 5

places 4

resting 1

tabernacle 109

tents 1

NAS (158)

dwelling 18

dwellings 6

homes 2

place 10

places 8

remains 1

resting 1

tabernacle 108

tents 3

where 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (146)

a dwelling 1

and from one tent to another 1

and in a tabernacle 1

and the tabernacle 1

and the tent 2

and their dwelling 1

and when the tabernacle 1

and your tents 1

are your dwellings 1

away from the tent 1

chiseling a habitation 1

dwelling places that are not theirs 1

dwellings 1

even the tabernacle 1

even the tent 1

for the tabernacle 6

for the tent 1

from over the tabernacle 1

from the habitation 1

her dwelling 1

his tabernacle 1

into his dwelling 1

into the tabernacle 1

it 1

it was over the tabernacle 1

land his dwelling place 1

lived 1

more than all the dwellings 1

my tabernacle 1

my tent 2

of all the tabernacle 1

of material used for the tabernacle 1

of the tabernacle 40

of the tabernacle this way 1

of the tent 4

of your habitations 1

on his dwelling 1

on the tabernacle 4

our dwellings 1

over the tabernacle 4

place of the tents 1

so the tabernacle 1

surely such are the dwellings 1

tabernacle 1

tents 1

that the tabernacle 2

the dwelling place 1

the tabernacle 27

the tent 4

their dwellings 1

their habitations 1

to the tabernacle 2

to your tents 1

was on the tabernacle 1

when the tabernacle 1

where is the tent 1

which is by the tabernacle 2

who comes near to the tabernacle 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2838) n k s (סהכנ ShKN) AC: Dwell CO: Dwelling AB: ?: [from: kx]

V) n k s (סהכנ ShKN) - Dwell: To stay or sit in one location. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (131): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) dwell, abide, remain, inhabit, rest, set, continue, dweller, dwelling, habitation - Strongs: H7931 (שָׁכַן), H7932 (שְׁכַן)

N^m) n k s (סהכנ ShKN) - I. Dwelling:The place of residence. II. Neighbor:A fellow dweller. KJV (21): habitation, neighbour, inhabitant, thereunto - Strongs: H7933 (שָׁכַן), H7934 (שָׁכֵן)

h^m) n k s m (מסהכנ MShKN) - Dwelling: The place of residence. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (140): tabernacle, dwelling, habitation, dwellingplace, place, dwell, tent - Strongs: H4907 (מִשְׁכַּן), H4908 (מִשְׁכָּן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִשְׁכָּן noun masculine Exodus 26:6 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'; — ׳מ Exodus 25:9 +; construct מִשְׁכַּן Exodus 38:21 +, etc.; plural construct מִשְׁכְּנֵי Exodus 46:6 (ᵐ5 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 Isaiah 74:7.

b. מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֺ Isaiah 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 v. 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, + 76t. P.

3 plural מִשְׁכָּנוֺת, dwellings (only in poetry):

a. of Israel, Numbers 24:5 (poem; "" אהלים), Jeremiah 30:18; Isaiah 54:2 4t.; 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 Song of Solomon 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).

[שְׁכֵן compare ᵑ7] verb dwell (Biblical Hebrew שָׁכַן, מִשְׁכָּן); —

Pe`al Imperfect 3 feminine plural יִשְׁכְּנָן Daniel 4:18 dwell, of birds, ב location

Pa`el causative: Perfect 3 masculine singular שַׁכִּן שְׁמֵהּתַּמָּה Ezra 6:12, of God, cause his name to dwell there.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִשְׁכָּן m. (from the root שָׁכַז pl. ־ִים Psalms 46:5 more often in ־וֹת construed with a fem. Psalms 84:2)

(1) habitation, dwelling place, as of men, Job 18:21; Psalms 87:2. (once used of the long home, the sepulchre, Isaiah 22:16 compare 14:18, and my note on the passage); of animals, i.e. den, Job 39:6 of God, i.e. temple, Psalms 46:5, 84:2 132:5.

(2) specially a tent, a tabernacle, Song of Solomon 1:8, especially the holy tabernacle of the Israelites, Exodus 25:9, 26:1, seq.; 40:9, seq.; fully מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדוּת “the tabernacle of the testimony,” Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 53 10:11. In the description of this tent, as to the difference of מִשְׁכָּן from אֹהֶל see above at that word, p. 17, A hence מִשְׁכַּז אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד of the boards of the holy tent, over which the curtains were hung, Exodus 39:32, 40:2, Exodus 40:6, 29 Exodus 40:29.

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List of Word Forms

הַ֨מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֡ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֤ן הַמִּשְׁכָּ֥ן הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ הַמִּשְׁכָּן֒ הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ המשכן המשכן׃ וּֽבְמִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃ וּמִמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ וּמִשְׁכְּנֹתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁכַּ֣ן ובמשכן׃ ובמשכנות וממשכן׃ ומשכן ומשכנותיו ומשכנתיו לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃ לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ן לְמִשְׁכַּן־ לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן לַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן לַמִּשְׁכָּ֣ן לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ למשכן למשכן־ למשכן׃ למשכנותיו למשכנתיו׃ מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָם מִֽשְׁכַּן־ מִמִּשְׁכַּ֥ן מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת מִשְׁכְּנֵ֥י מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶ֑ם מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְ מִשְׁכַּ֖ן מִשְׁכַּ֣ן מִשְׁכַּ֤ן מִשְׁכַּ֥ן מִשְׁכַּ֨ן מִשְׁכַּן־ מִשְׁכָּ֥ן מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י מִשְׁכָּנִי֙ מִשְׁכָּנֽוֹ׃ ממשכן משכן משכן־ משכנו׃ משכנות משכנותיך משכנותיך׃ משכנותינו׃ משכני משכניהם משכנתיה משכנתיך משכנתם ham·miš·kān hammishKan hammiškān lam·miš·kān lammishKan lammiškān lə·miš·kan lə·miš·kan- lə·miš·kə·nō·ṯāw lə·miš·kə·nō·w·ṯāw lemishKan lemishkenoTav ləmiškan ləmiškan- ləmiškənōṯāw ləmiškənōwṯāw mim·miš·kan mimishKan mimmiškan miš·kā·nî miš·kā·nō·wṯ miš·kā·nōw miš·kan miš·kān miš·kan- miš·kə·nê miš·kə·nê·hem miš·kə·nō·ṯām miš·kə·nō·ṯe·hā miš·kə·nō·ṯe·ḵā miš·kə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ miš·kə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā miš·kə·nō·w·ṯê·nū miš·kə·nō·wṯ mishKan mishkaNi mishkaNo mishkaNot mishkeNei mishkeneiHem mishkeNot mishkenoTayich mishkenoTeicha mishkenoTeiha mishkenoTeinu Mishkenotom miškan miškān miškan- miškānî miškānōw miškānōwṯ miškənê miškənêhem miškənōṯām miškənōṯehā miškənōṯeḵā miškənōwṯ miškənōwṯayiḵ miškənōwṯeḵā miškənōwṯênū ū·ḇə·miš·kān ū·ḇə·miš·kə·nō·wṯ ū·mim·miš·kān ū·miš·kan ū·miš·kə·nō·ṯāw ū·miš·kə·nō·w·ṯāw ūḇəmiškān ūḇəmiškənōwṯ umimishKan ūmimmiškān umishKan umishkenoTav ūmiškan ūmiškənōṯāw ūmiškənōwṯāw uvemishKan uvemishkenOt