מִכְסֶה mikhseh
Hebrew word for “covering” · Strong’s H4372 · used 16 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) a covering; 1a) covering (of the ark); 1b) covering (of the skins of the tabernacle)
How it is translated
Glosses given for mikhseh in context, with how often each is used:
- covering 16
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 4 (5), Genesis 8 (1), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 36 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Exodus 40 (1), Numbers 3 (1)
Forms
- מכסה 7
- ומכסה 3
- מכסהו 3
- במכסה 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mikhseh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תַּחַשׁ tachash “leather” 8
- עוֹר or “skin” 7
- אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 6
- אָדֹם adam “to redden” 3
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 4
- מַעַל maal “above” 4
- מָסָךְ masakh “covering” 3
- פָּרַשׂ paras “to spread” 3
- מוֹט mot “yoke” 2
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 3
- אַיִל ayil “ram” 3
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 3
Key verses
The verses using mikhseh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 8:13 — And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah…
- Exodus 26:14 — And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
- Exodus 35:11 — The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
- Exodus 36:19 — And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.
- Exodus 39:34 — And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,
- Exodus 40:19 — And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Numbers 3:25 — And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for…
- Numbers 4:8 — And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
- Numbers 4:10 — And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
- Numbers 4:11 — And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
- Numbers 4:12 — And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering…
- Numbers 4:25 — And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above…
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.