מִשְׁכָּן
miškān
dwelling-place
Strong's H4908NounHebrewTWOT 2387c

מִשְׁכָּן (miškān) is a Hebrew noun meaning dwelling-place. It appears 139 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4908).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2387c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2387c)dwelling-place, tabernacle; residence, hut, lair, grave, Temple; dwelleth, dwelling, habitation, tent
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִשְׁכָּן noun, masculine: dwelling-place, tabernacle

Strong's H4908 מִשְׁכָּן: a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
KJV:dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2387: שָׁכַן šākan — settle down, abide, dwell; settle down to abide; make settle down, establish, make to dwell; lay, cause, to settle, cause to dwell; reside, permanently stay; continue, dweller, have habitation, inhabit, place, remain, rest, set

See it in Scripture

Exodus 25:9Leviticus 8:10Numbers 1:50

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