מִשְׁכָּן
mish.kan
“tabernacle”
Definition
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
from H7931 (שָׁכַן);
- dwelling place, tabernacle 1a) dwelling-place 1b) dwellings Aramaic equivalent: mish.kan (*מִשְׁכַּן *"habitation" H4907)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מִשְׁכָּן appears 122 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
I made the wilderness his homeand the salt flats his dwelling.
The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
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