Lexicon
מִסְכְּנוֹת
mis.ke.nah
H4543
H:N-F Hebrew

storage

7
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

mis.ke.nah denotes storage-related places, including cities and storerooms built or designated for keeping supplies.

The attested plural noun refers to places associated with storing resources: cities built or identified for that purpose and, in one clause, storerooms for produce. The verses consistently place it in building, possession, or military action involving such locations.

Senses in use

  1. Storage-related cities and rooms · dominant

    In Exodus 1:11 the plural form occurs in the clause about building cities for Pharaoh, while 1 Kings 9:19 and 2 Chronicles 8:6 place it among Solomon's building projects alongside chariot cities and cities for horsemen. In 2 Chronicles 17:12 and 2 Chronicles 32:28, the APB renders the relevant places as "cities of storage" and "storerooms for the produce of grain and new wine and oil"; 2 Chronicles 16:4 presents such cities as targets in an attack.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB uses "store cities," "storage cities," "cities of storage," and "storerooms." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions of the term.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture