מִשְׁכָּן
mish.kantabernacleHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine139 occurrences14 books129 verses
Definition
from H7931; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
Traditional renderings: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Traditional renderings: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מִשְׁכָּן:
- σκηνήskēnē“tent”91%
- σκήνωμαskēnōma“tent”6%
- αἰχμαλωσίαaichmalōsia“captivity”1%
- κατάλυμαkataluma“guest room/inn”1%
- συναγωγήsunagōgē“synagogue”1%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
139 total
- Numbers 19:13מִשְׁכַּ֤ן · the tabernacleAnyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
- Numbers 24:5מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ · your dwellingsHow lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
- Numbers 31:30מִשְׁכַּ֥ן · of the tabernacleFrom the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
- Numbers 31:47מִשְׁכַּ֣ן · of the tabernacleFrom the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Joshua 22:19מִשְׁכַּ֣ן · tabernacleIf indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
- Joshua 22:29מִשְׁכָּנֽוֹ׃פ · His tabernacleFar be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
- 2 Samuel 7:6וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃ · as My dwellingFor I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
- 1 Chronicles 6:32מִשְׁכַּ֤ן · the tabernacleThey ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
- 1 Chronicles 6:48מִשְׁכַּ֖ן · of the tabernacleTheir fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:39מִשְׁכַּ֣ן · the tabernacleAnd David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- 1 Chronicles 17:5וּמִמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ · and dwelling to dwellingFor I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
- 1 Chronicles 21:29וּמִשְׁכַּ֣ן · For the tabernacleFor the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
- 1 Chronicles 23:26הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן · the tabernacleSo now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:5מִשְׁכַּ֣ן · the tabernacleBut the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.
- 2 Chronicles 29:6מִמִּשְׁכַּ֥ן · from the dwelling placeFor our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
- Job 18:21מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת · is the dwellingSurely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
- Job 21:28מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת · dwellFor you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
- Job 39:6וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו · his dwellingI made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
- Psalm 26:8מִשְׁכַּ֥ן · residesO LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalm 43:3מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ · the place where You dwellSend out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.
- Psalm 46:4מִשְׁכְּנֵ֥י · dwellsThere is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Psalm 49:11מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָם · their dwellingsTheir graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Psalm 74:7מִֽשְׁכַּן־ · the dwelling placeThey have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
- Psalm 78:28לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃ · their dwellingsHe felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
- Psalm 78:60מִשְׁכַּ֣ן · the tabernacleHe abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- Psalm 84:1מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ · is Your dwelling placeFor the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- Psalm 87:2מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת · the dwellingsThe LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalm 132:5מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת · a dwelling…until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Psalm 132:7לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו · to His dwelling placeLet us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
- Song of Solomon 1:8מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת · the tentsIf you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
- Isaiah 22:16מִשְׁכָּ֥ן · your resting placeWhat are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Isaiah 32:18וּֽבְמִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- Isaiah 54:2מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְ · of your dwellings“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
- Jeremiah 9:19מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ס · our dwellingsFor the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
- Jeremiah 30:18וּמִשְׁכְּנֹתָ֖יו · on his dwellingsThis is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 51:30מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ · Babylon’s homesThe warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
- Ezekiel 25:4מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶ֑ם · their tents…therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
- Ezekiel 37:27מִשְׁכָּנִי֙ · My dwelling placeMy dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Habakkuk 1:6מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת · dwellingsFor behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.