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Word Study · Strong's H4908 · Hebrew

מִשְׁכָּן

mishkan

mish-kawn'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mishkân

a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.

  • 139
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 54
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 139 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 54

  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן20
  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן12
  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן10
  • הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃10
  • מִשְׁכַּ֣ן9
  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן8
  • הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙7
  • מִשְׁכַּ֥ן6
  • לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן4
  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן3
  • מִשְׁכַּ֖ן3
  • לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃2

and 42 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 34

  • the tabernacle75
  • [the] tabernacle of19
  • for the tabernacle5
  • [the] dwelling place of3
  • [the] dwelling places of3
  • dwelling place my3
  • dwelling places your2
  • of the tabernacle2
  • to the tabernacle2
  • [are] [the] dwelling places of1
  • [are] dwelling places your1
  • [the] dwelling of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 21

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular76
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)23
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular9
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular2
  • noun · feminine plural2
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncmsa · 76
  • HNcmsc · 23
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 9
  • HNcfpc · 4
  • HNcfpc/Sp2ms · 3
  • HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 3
  • HR/Ncmsc · 3
  • HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 2
  • HC/R/Ncmsa · 2
  • HNcfpa · 2
  • HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 2
  • HC/Ncmsc · 1

All 139, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Exodus58 occurrences
Leviticus4 occurrences
Numbers42 occurrences
Joshua2 occurrences
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Job3 occurrences
Psalms11 occurrences
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
Jeremiah3 occurrences
Ezekiel2 occurrences
Habakkuk1 occurrence

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Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).