מִשְׁכָּן
dwelling place
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 88 times (63%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 31 times (22%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 18 times (13%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 2 times (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 139 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H4908 appears — 129 distinct verses across 14 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus 55 verses
- Exodus 25:9 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tent, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
- Exodus 26:1 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֥ן ptcl def.art + n c ms "Moreover you shall make the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
- Exodus 26:6 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tent shall be a unit.
- Exodus 26:7 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
- Exodus 26:12 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tent.
- Exodus 26:13 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on that side, to cover it.
- Exodus 26:15 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן prep det + n c ms "You shall make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
- Exodus 26:17 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tent.
- Exodus 26:18 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן prep det + n c ms You shall make the boards for the tent, twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Exodus 26:20 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms For the second side of the tent, on the north side, twenty boards,
- Exodus 26:22 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms For the far part of the tent westward you shall make six boards.
- Exodus 26:23 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Two boards shall you make for the corners of the tent in the far part.
- Exodus 26:26 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 26:27 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tent, for the far part westward.
- Exodus 26:30 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall set up the tent according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
- Exodus 26:35 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tent toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
- Exodus 27:9 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 27:19 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms All the instruments of the tent in all its service, and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
- Exodus 35:11 הַ֨/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms the tent, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
- Exodus 35:15 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tent;
- Exodus 35:18 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms the pins of the tent, the pins of the court, and their cords;
- Exodus 36:8 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
- Exodus 36:13 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.
- Exodus 36:14 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them eleven curtains.
- Exodus 36:20 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן prep det + n c ms He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
- Exodus 36:22 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tent this way.
- Exodus 36:23 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן prep det + n c ms He made the boards for the tent: twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Exodus 36:25 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
- Exodus 36:27 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards.
- Exodus 36:28 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part.
- Exodus 36:31 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 36:32 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part westward.
- Exodus 38:20 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֧ן prep det + n c ms All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.
- Exodus 38:21 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
- Exodus 38:31 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the court.
- Exodus 39:32 מִשְׁכַּ֖ן n c ms cs Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.
- Exodus 39:33 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, it bars, its pillars, its sockets,
- Exodus 39:40 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tent, for the tent of meeting,
- Exodus 40:2 מִשְׁכַּ֖ן n c ms cs "On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent of the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:5 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן prep det + n c ms You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 40:6 מִשְׁכַּ֥ן n c ms cs You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tent of the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 40:9 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy.
- Exodus 40:17 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tent was raised up.
- Exodus 40:18 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֗ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars.
- Exodus 40:19 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:21 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֒ ptcl def.art + n c ms He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:22 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of the veil.
- Exodus 40:24 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward.
- Exodus 40:28 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן prep det + n c ms He put up the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 40:29 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:33 לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֣ן prep det + n c ms He raised up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
- Exodus 40:34 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent.
- Exodus 40:35 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.
- Exodus 40:36 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms When the cloud was taken up from over the tent, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
- Exodus 40:38 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Leviticus 4 verses
- Leviticus 8:10 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
- Leviticus 15:31 מִשְׁכָּנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "'Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.'"
- Leviticus 17:4 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs and hasn't brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
- Leviticus 26:11 מִשְׁכָּנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will set my tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you.
Numbers 35 verses
- Numbers 1:50 מִשְׁכַּ֨ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ לַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
- Numbers 1:51 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֗ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 1:53 לְ/מִשְׁכַּ֣ן מִשְׁכַּ֥ן prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."
- Numbers 3:7 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:8 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:23 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
- Numbers 3:25 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 3:26 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
- Numbers 3:29 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:35 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:36 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
- Numbers 3:38 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֡ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 4:16 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms "The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."
- Numbers 4:25 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:26 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֤ן ptcl def.art + n c ms and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
- Numbers 4:31 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms This is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
- Numbers 5:17 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
- Numbers 7:1 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֗ן ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
- Numbers 7:3 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 9:15 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
- Numbers 9:18 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms At the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.
- Numbers 9:19 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
- Numbers 9:20 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
- Numbers 9:22 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.
- Numbers 10:11 מִשְׁכַּ֥ן n c ms cs It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tent of the testimony.
- Numbers 10:17 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן הַ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The tent was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tent, set forward.
- Numbers 10:21 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the others] did set up the tent against their coming.
- Numbers 16:9 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs [seems it but] a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tent of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
- Numbers 16:24 לְ/מִשְׁכַּן prep + n c ms cs Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Numbers 16:27 מִשְׁכַּן n c ms cs So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
- Numbers 17:13 מִשְׁכַּ֥ן n c ms cs Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tent of Yahweh, dies: shall we perish all of us?
- Numbers 19:13 מִשְׁכַּ֤ן n c ms cs Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn't purifies himself, defiles the tent of Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him.
- Numbers 24:5 מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms How goodly are your tents, Jacob, Your tents, Israel!
- Numbers 31:30 מִשְׁכַּ֥ן n c ms cs Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.
- Numbers 31:47 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tent of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 22:19 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs However, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take possession among us: but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Yahweh our God.
- Joshua 22:29 מִשְׁכָּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 מִשְׁכַּ֤ן n c ms cs They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 מִשְׁכַּ֖ן n c ms cs Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:39 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tent of Yahweh in the high place that was at Gibeon,
- 1 Chronicles 17:5 וּ/מִ/מִּשְׁכָּֽן conj + prep + n c ms for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].
- 1 Chronicles 21:29 וּ/מִשְׁכַּ֣ן conj + n c ms cs For the tent of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
- 1 Chronicles 23:26 הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tent and all the vessels of it for the service of it.
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly sought to it.
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 מִ/מִּשְׁכַּ֥ן prep + n c ms cs For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.
Job 3 verses
- Job 18:21 מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת n c mp cs Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
- Job 21:28 מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת n c mp cs For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
- Job 39:6 וּֽ/מִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
Psalms 11 verses
- Psalms 26:8 מִשְׁכַּ֥ן n c ms cs Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, The place where your glory dwells.
- Psalms 43:3 מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
- Psalms 46:4 מִשְׁכְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, The holy place of the tents of the Most High.
- Psalms 49:11 מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָ/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
- Psalms 74:7 מִֽשְׁכַּן n c ms cs They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your Name.
- Psalms 78:28 לְ/מִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Around their habitations.
- Psalms 78:60 מִשְׁכַּ֣ן n c ms cs So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
- Psalms 84:1 מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Hosts!
- Psalms 87:2 מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת n c mp cs Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalms 132:5 מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת n c mp Until I find out a place for Yahweh, A dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
- Psalms 132:7 לְ/מִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms "We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 22:16 מִשְׁכָּ֥ן n c ms "What are you doing here? and who has you here, that you have hewed out a tomb here? Cutting him out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"
- Isaiah 32:18 וּֽ/בְ/מִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙ conj + prep + n c mp cs My people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
- Isaiah 54:2 מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 9:19 מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
- Jeremiah 30:18 וּ/מִשְׁכְּנֹתָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.
- Jeremiah 51:30 מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 25:4 מִשְׁכְּנֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
- Ezekiel 37:27 מִשְׁכָּנִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Habakkuk 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun משכן centers on the idea of “dwelling place.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “tabernacle” in the King James Version, “dwelling” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 129 verses across 14 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Exodus (43%), then Numbers and Psalms. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4908 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 129
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 129 distinct verses.
- 14 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 14 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #326
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 326 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 129 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 129 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 94 verses · 73%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 23 verses · 18%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 12 verses · 9%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Tabernacle 102×, Over the tabernacle 4×, Dwellingplaces 3×
- American Standard Version: Tabernacle 94×, Tent 6×, Over the tabernacle 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Tabernacle 100×, Dwellings 10×, Dwelling place 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Dwelling 95×, Dwelling of 12×, Dwellings 9×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4908 across 139 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4908 across 143 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4908 across 134 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4908 across 138 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. dwelling-place: מִשְׁכַּן־קֹרַח דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם Nu 16:24, 27 (P) [but here orig. מִשְׁכַּן י׳; v. Comm.]; poet. = tomb, Is 22:16. e.g. Numbers 16:24
- 2. elsewhere in sg. always of abode of י׳:
- a. in gen., of temple, קְדשׁ מ׳ ψ 46:5; מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶ֑ךָ 26:8; מ׳ שְׁמֶ֑ךָ 74:7. e.g. Psalms 46:5
- b. מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֹ 78:60. e.g. Psalms 78:60
- c. הַמּ׳ in P, of י׳’s ‘dwelling’ (Ex 25:9 RVm; rendered conventionally ‘tabernacle’), of planks lined with vari-coloured tapestry, with a ‘tent’ (אֹהֶל) over it, filled with כְּבוֹד י׳ Ex 40:34, 35; over it cloud שׁכן Nu 9:18, 22 (during the wanderings); its plan given by י׳ Ex 25:9; 26:30; disting. from אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, the ‘tent’ over it (cf. אֹהֶל 3), Ex 26:7, 12, 13; 36:14; 40:19; †מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Lv 17:4 (H), Nu 16:9; 17:28; 19:13; 31:30, 47; Jos 22:19 (v. also 1), 1 Ch 16:39; 21:29; 2 Ch 1:5; 29:6; †מ׳ הָעֵדֻת Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50, 53(×2); 10:11; מ׳ אהל מועד Ex 39:32; 40:2, 6, 29; 1 Ch 6:17, מִשְׁכַּן בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים v 33, נָשָׂא אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן 23:26; cf. מִשְׁכָּן (prob. gloss on אהל), 2 S 7:6 ‖ 1 Ch 17:5, + 76 times P. e.g. Exodus 25:9
- 3. pl. מִשְׁכָּנוֹת dwellings (only poet.):
- a. of Israel, Nu 24:5 (poem; ‖ אהלים), Je 30:18; Is 54:2 + 4 times; of other nations Je 51:30; Hb 1:6, cf. Ez 25:4 (v. supra); מ׳ עַוָּל Jb 18:21; מ׳ רשׁעים 21:28; of wild ass 39:6 (‖ בית); shepherds Ct 1:8; = tomb ψ 49:12 (cf. 1). e.g. Numbers 24:5
- b. God’s abode in Zion Ez 37:27 ψ 132:5, 7, cf. 43:3; 84:2 (‖ חַצְרוֹת י׳). e.g. Ezekiel 37:27
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Ex 26:6 dwelling-place, ‘tabernacle’;—מ׳ Ex 25:9 +; cstr. מִשְׁכַּן 38:21 +, etc.; pl. cstr. מִשְׁכְּנֵי ψ 46:6 (𝔊 Bae Du מִשְׁכָּנוֹ, מִשְׁכַּן י׳); sf. מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶם Ez 25:4 (משׁכנתיהם, ‖ טִירוֹתֵיהֶם), מִשְׁכָּנוֹת Hb 1:6 ψ 132:5; cstr. מִשְׁכְּנוֹת 87:2 +, etc.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שכן (shâkan) (H7931) — to dwell.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מַשְׁכָּן
- , v. מַשְׁכּוֹן
מִשְׁכֵּן
- (denom. of מַשְׁכּוֹן) to take a pledge; to seize, levy. B. Mets. 81ᵇ מִשְׁכְּנוֹ בשעת הלואתו he made him give a pledge at the time when the loan was transacted; מ׳ שלא בשעת וכ׳ he seized it (through court proceedings) after the transaction of the loan. Ib. 113ᵇ שליח ב"ד שבא למַשְׁכְּנוֹ when the court messenger comes to seize his goods. Shek. I, 3 את מי מְמַשְׁכְּנִין against whom was seizure (for the contribution of the half-Shekel) executed?—Y. ib. II, beg. 46ᶜ מכיון שב"ד ראויין למַשְכֵּן ולא מִישְׁכְּנוּ since the court had a right to seize and did not do so (because the claim was satisfied with another man’s money). Cant. R. to I, 4 (play on משכני, ib.) מַשְׁכֵּינְנִי אחריך נרוצה execute levy against me (take my sanctuary, v. מַשְׁכּוֹן), yet after thee we run. Ex. R. s. 35 אני נוטל … ומְמַשְׁכְּנוֹ בעדם I take a righteous man from them and seize him for their guilt; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְמוּשְׁכָּן; pl. מְמוּשְׁכָּנִים, מְמוּשְׁכָּנִין. Y. Shek. l. c. אין תורמין … ולא על הממ׳ in distributing the Temple contributions we do not take into account that which is being collected (and has not yet come in) or that which is to be obtained by seizure. Peah VIII, 8. B. Mets. 73ᵇ, v. next w.; a. e.
- to be seized. Ex. R. s. 51, beg. שנ׳ שתי פעמים וכ׳ it (the sanctuary) was twice seized for their sins, v. מַשְׁכּוֹן. Ex. R. s. 35; Tanḥ. Vayakh. 9 יהא המשכן מִתְמַשְׁכֵּן עליהם, v. מַשְׁכּוֹן. Ib. ויהיו מִתְמַשְׁכְּנִין וכ׳ and they (the righteous) will be seized &c. Num. R. s. 12 המשכן והמקדש יִתְמַשְׁכְּנוּ וכ׳ the Tabernacle and the Temple shall be seized &c.; a. fr.
מַשְׁכֵּן
- Targ. Y. Ex. XXII, 25. Targ. Job XXIV, 3; a. fr.—B. Mets. 68ᵃ מ׳ ליה פלניא וכ׳ (not משכון) A pledged his field to B, and then rented it from him. Ib. 73ᵇ top ר׳ מרי … מ׳ ליה וכ׳ a gentile gave his house (for occupation) as a pledge, and then sold it to &c. Ib. 113ᵃ אבל מַשְׁכּוּנֵי לא Ms. M. (ed. מַשְׁכְּנוֹ) but to take a pledge out of his house he (the messenger of the court) is not permitted; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְמַשְׁכַּן, f. מְמַשְׁכְּנָא. Koh. R. to III, 2, v. מְחַבַּלְתָּא. B. Mets. 73ᵇ אי הוה ידענא דממשכן וכ׳ Ms. F. (Ms. M. דמשכן, corr. acc.; ed. דהוה ממוּשְׁכָּן) if I had known that the house was pledged to you. Y. ib. VIII, end, 11ᵈ ביתיה הוות מְמַשְׁכְּנָה וכ׳ his house was pledged to &c.; a. e.
- to be given as a pledge; to be levied upon; to borrow on pledge. Targ. II Chr. XXV, 24 (h. text תערבות). Targ. Y. Deut. XV, 6; a. e.
מִשְׁכָּן
- dwelling, esp. the sanctuary of the desert, the Tabernacle. Erub. 2ᵃ, v. מִקְדָּשׁ. Num. R. s. 12; a. v. fr.—Pl. מִשְׁכָּנוֹת. Ib.; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 53 distinct written forms H4908 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 116 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 129 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 25:9
- Leviticus 8:10
- Numbers 1:50
- Joshua 22:19
- 2 Samuel 7:6
- 1 Chronicles 6:32
- 2 Chronicles 1:5
- Job 18:21
- Psalms 26:8
- Song of Solomon 1:8
- Isaiah 22:16
- Jeremiah 9:19
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
