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מִשְׁכָּן H4908

H4908 is the Hebrew word מִשְׁכָּן, transliterated mishkân and said mish-kawn'. The King James Version most often renders it tabernacle.

Word: מִשְׁכָּןTransliteration: mishkânSaid: mish-kawn'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 107 verses

What it means

a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls).

Where it comes from

from H7931 (שָׁכַן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 110 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

tabernacle 89×over the tabernacle 4×tabernacles 3×habitation 3×dwelling 2×dwellings 2×dwellingplaces 2×even of the tabernacle 1×off the tabernacle 1×one tabernacle 1×surely such are the dwellings 1×where are the dwelling 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.

Verses using מִשְׁכָּן

The first 40 of 107 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 25:9 · KJV

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

Exodus 26:1 · KJV

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 make them.

Exodus 26:7 · KJV

And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

Exodus 26:13 · KJV

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

Exodus 26:15 · KJV

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

Exodus 26:18 · KJV

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

Exodus 26:20 · KJV

And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

Exodus 26:22 · KJV

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

Exodus 26:23 · KJV

And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

Exodus 26:27 · KJV

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

Exodus 26:30 · KJV

And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

Exodus 26:35 · KJV

And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

Exodus 27:9 · KJV

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 long for one side:

Exodus 27:19 · KJV

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

Exodus 35:11 · KJV

The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Exodus 35:18 · KJV

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

Exodus 36:8 · KJV

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

Exodus 36:14 · KJV

And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

Exodus 36:20 · KJV

And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

Exodus 36:23 · KJV

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

Exodus 36:25 · KJV

And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

Exodus 36:27 · KJV

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

Exodus 36:28 · KJV

And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

Exodus 36:32 · KJV

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

Exodus 38:20 · KJV

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Exodus 38:21 · KJV

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 Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

Exodus 38:31 · KJV

And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Exodus 39:32 · KJV

Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

Exodus 39:33 · KJV

And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

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 40:2 · KJV

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:6 · KJV

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:9 · KJV

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

Exodus 40:17 · KJV

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

Exodus 40:18 · KJV

And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

Exodus 40:19 · KJV

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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 40:22 · KJV

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.

Exodus 40:24 · KJV

And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Exodus 40:29 · KJV

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4908 mean?

H4908 is the Hebrew word מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân), meaning a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls).

How is H4908 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it tabernacle (89 times), over the tabernacle (4 times), tabernacles (3 times), habitation (3 times), dwelling (2 times), among others.

How many times does H4908 appear in the Bible?

מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân) is tagged in 107 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4908 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7931 (שָׁכַן).

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