The meaning of “מִשְׁכָּן”
Understanding mishkân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent. - a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals...
מִשְׁכָּן
dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent. - a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave - also the Temple) - specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls) 1) dwelling place, tabernacle 1a) dwelling-place 1b) dwellings
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 36:25 | “And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,” Word: מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân) | |
| Numbers 7:1 | “And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;” Word: מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân) | |
| 2 Samuel 7:6 | “Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.” Word: מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân) | |
| 2 Chronicles 29:6 | “For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.” Word: מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân) | |
| Psalms 78:28 | “And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.” Word: מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân) |