מִשְׁכָּן mishkan

Hebrew word for “tabernacle” · Strong’s H4908 · used 139 times in 129 verses

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Meaning

1) dwelling place, tabernacle; 1a) dwelling-place; 1b) dwellings; Aramaic equivalent: mish.kan (מִשְׁכַּן "habitation" H4907)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mishkan in context, with how often each is used:

• tabernacle 109
• dwelling places 11
• dwellings 8
• dwelling place 7
• dwelling 2
• away from the tabernacle 1
• dwelling-places 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 40 (17), Exodus 26 (15), Exodus 36 (11), Numbers 3 (9), Numbers 9 (5), Numbers 4 (4), Exodus 35 (3), Exodus 38 (3), Exodus 39 (3), Numbers 1 (3)

Forms

• המשׁכן 76
• משׁכן 24
• למשׁכן 11
• משׁכנות 6
• משׁכני 4
• משׁכנותיך 3
• משׁכנתיך 1
• משׁכנו 1
• ובמשׁכן 1
• וממשׁכן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mishkan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 33
• קֶרֶשׁ qeresh “board” 21
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 17
• עֲבֹדָה avodah “service” 14
• מָסָךְ masakh “covering” 10
• יְרִיעָה yeriah “curtain” 10
• בְּרִיחַ beriach “bar” 10
• מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret “charge” 10
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 13
• עָנָן anan “cloud” 10
• פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 11
• חָנָה chanah “to camp” 10

Key verses

The verses using mishkan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou…
• Exodus 27:9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits…
• Exodus 38:21 — This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the…
• Exodus 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Numbers 16:9 — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the…
• Psalms 26:8 — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
• Psalms 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
• Psalms 46:4 — There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
• Psalms 84:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
• Song of Solomon 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…
• Habakkuk 1:6 — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not…

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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.