Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4372
מִכְסֶה
miksehmik-seh'
covering
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mikçeh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4372is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4372
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
The King James renders it: covering.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mikseh is rendered "covering". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:13In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:13מִכְסֵ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- covering of4
- covering its3
- with a covering of3
- a covering2
- and a covering of2
- a covering of1
- and covering of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִכְשׁוֹל | mikshol | stumbling | Uses14 |
| מִכְתָּב | miktab | writing | Uses9 |
| מִכְוָה | mikvah | burn | Uses5 |
| מִכְנָס | miknas | undergarment | Uses5 |
| מִכְלָאָה | miklaah | fold | Uses3 |
| מִכְמֶרֶת | mikmereth | net | Uses3 |
| מִכְסָה | miksah | number | Uses2 |
| מִכְלוֹל | miklol | perfection | Uses2 |
| מִכְלָה | miklah | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלָל | miklal | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלֻל | miklul | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְמַן | mikman | hidden | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּמִכְסֵ֖ה3
- וּמִכְסֵ֛ה3
- מִכְסֵ֖ה2
- מִכְסֶה֙2
- מִכְסֵ֕הוּ2
- מִכְסֵ֣ה1
- מִכְסֵ֞ה1
- מִכְסֵ֥ה1
- מִכְסֵ֑הוּ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
Genesis
one use
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
- מִכְסֵ֣הmikhsehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: covering of
Exodus
eight uses
Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- מִכְסֶה֙mikhsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a covering
- וּמִכְסֵ֛הumikhsehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a covering of
the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
- מִכְסֵ֑הוּmikhsehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: covering its
Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- מִכְסֶה֙mikhsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a covering
- וּמִכְסֵ֛הumikhsehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a covering of
the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
- מִכְסֵ֞הmikhsehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: covering of
- מִכְסֵ֖הmikhsehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: covering of
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- מִכְסֵ֥הmikhsehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: covering of
Numbers
seven uses
The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- מִכְסֵ֕הוּmikhsehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: covering its
And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.
- בְּמִכְסֵ֖הbemikhsehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a covering of
Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.
- מִכְסֵ֖הmikhsehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a covering of
Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
- בְּמִכְסֵ֖הbemikhsehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a covering of
They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.
- בְּמִכְסֵ֖הbemikhsehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a covering of
They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- מִכְסֵ֕הוּmikhsehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: covering its
- וּמִכְסֵ֛הumikhsehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and covering of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.