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מָסָךְ H4539

H4539 is the Hebrew word מָסָךְ, transliterated mâçâk and said maw-sawk'. The King James Version most often renders it hanging.

Word: מָסָךְTransliteration: mâçâkSaid: maw-sawk'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 23 verses

What it means

a cover, i.e. veil.

Where it comes from

from H5526 (סָכַךְ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

hanging 16×covering 5×thereof and the hanging 1×curtain 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: covering, curtain, hanging.

Verses using מָסָךְ

All 23 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 26:36 · KJV

And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

Exodus 26:37 · KJV

And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

Exodus 27:16 · KJV

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Exodus 35:15 · KJV

And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

Exodus 35:17 · KJV

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

Exodus 36:37 · KJV

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

Exodus 38:18 · KJV

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Exodus 39:38 · KJV

And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

Exodus 39:40 · KJV

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Exodus 40:5 · KJV

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:8 · KJV

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

Exodus 40:21 · KJV

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:28 · KJV

And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:33 · KJV

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Numbers 3:25 · KJV

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 the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 3:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

Numbers 3:31 · KJV

And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

Numbers 4:5 · KJV

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Numbers 4:25 · KJV

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 upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 4:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

2 Samuel 17:19 · KJV

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Psalm 105:39 · KJV

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

Isaiah 22:8 · KJV

And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4539 mean?

H4539 is the Hebrew word מָסָךְ (mâçâk), meaning a cover, i.e. veil.

How is H4539 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it hanging (16 times), covering (5 times), thereof and the hanging (1 time), curtain (1 time).

How many times does H4539 appear in the Bible?

מָסָךְ (mâçâk) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4539 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5526 (סָכַךְ).

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