HebrewH4908Noun (Masculine)

מִשְׁכָּן

mish.kan

122Occurrences
H4908Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. dwelling place, tabernacle 1a) dwelling-place 1b) dwellings Aramaic equivalent: mish.kan (*מִשְׁכַּן *"habitation" H4907)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מִשְׁכָּן appears 122 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
55
Numbers
34
Psalms
8
1 Chronicles
4
Leviticus
4
Isaiah
3
Job
3
2 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:39BSB

And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

Exodus 27:19BSB

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.

Exodus 40:9BSB

Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

Job 39:6BSB

I made the wilderness his homeand the salt flats his dwelling.

Numbers 3:35BSB

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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