Storage
מִסְכְּנוֹתStrong’s H4543miskenah (mis-ke-nah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Miskenah is the Hebrew word usually translated “storage”, “stores of” and “storehouses”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.”
Meaning
- Supply, storage, storage house, magazine
How it's translated
- storage 5
- stores of 1
- and storehouses 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Exodus 1
- 1 Kings 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 9:19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
- 2 Chronicles 8:4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
- 2 Chronicles 8:6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
- 2 Chronicles 16:4And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
- 2 Chronicles 32:28Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
Hebrew dictionary
מִסְכְּנוֹת miskenah · storage
supply, storage, storage house, magazine
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “storage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STORAGE, noun
[from store.]
- The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; or the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
- The price charge or paid for keeping goods in a store.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.