מִשְׁכָּןmishkân
מִשְׁכָּן: dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'
Pronunciation: mish-kawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4908
Meanings
1. dwelling-place (Numbers 16:24; Numbers 16:27; Isaiah 22:16)
2. elsewhere in singular always of abode of ׳ י
a. in general, of temple (Isaiah 46:5; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 74:7)
c. rendered conventionally 'tabernacle' (Exodus 25:9; Exodus 40:34; Exodus 40:35)
3. plural מִשְׁכָּנוֺת, dwellings (only in poetry)
a. of Israel (Numbers 24:5; Jeremiah 30:18; Isaiah 54:2)
b. God's abode in Zion (Ezekiel 37:27; Psalms 132:5; Psalms 132:7)
ᵑ7: dwell
Pe`al: dwell (Daniel 4:18)
Pa`el: cause, to dwell (Ezra 6:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 139 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 25:9 You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.
- Exodus 26:1 “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- Exodus 26:6 Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
- Exodus 26:7 “Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:12 The remaining 3 feet of this tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the Tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:13 Allow 18 inches of remaining material to hang down over each side, so the Tabernacle is completely covered.
See every passage
- Exodus 25:9, 26:1, 26:6, 26:7, 26:12, 26:13, 26:15, 26:17, 26:18, 26:20, 26:22, 26:23, 26:26, 26:27, 26:30, 26:35, 27:9, 27:19, 35:11, 35:15, 35:18, 36:8, 36:13, 36:14, 36:20, 36:22, 36:23, 36:25, 36:27, 36:28, 36:31, 36:32, 38:20, 38:21, 38:31, 39:32, 39:33, 39:40, 40:2, 40:5, 40:6, 40:9, 40:17, 40:18, 40:19, 40:21, 40:22, 40:24, 40:28, 40:29, 40:33, 40:34, 40:35, 40:36, 40:38
- Leviticus 8:10, 15:31, 17:4, 26:11
- Numbers 1:50, 1:51, 1:53, 3:7, 3:8, 3:23, 3:25, 3:26, 3:29, 3:35, 3:36, 3:38, 4:16, 4:25, 4:26, 4:31, 5:17, 7:1, 7:3, 9:15, 9:18, 9:19, 9:20, 9:22, 10:11, 10:17, 10:21, 16:9, 16:24, 16:27, 17:13, 19:13, 24:5, 31:30, 31:47
- Joshua 22:19, 22:29
- 2 Samuel 7:6
- 1 Chronicles 6:32, 6:48, 16:39, 17:5, 21:29, 23:26
- 2 Chronicles 1:5, 29:6
- Job 18:21, 21:28, 39:6
- Psalms 26:8, 43:3, 46:4, 49:11, 74:7, 78:28, 78:60, 84:1, 87:2, 132:5, 132:7
- Song of Solomon 1:8
- Isaiah 22:16, 32:18, 54:2
- Jeremiah 9:19, 30:18, 51:30
- Ezekiel 25:4, 37:27
- Habakkuk 1:6
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).