Strong's H4186 · Hebrew
מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb · /mo-shawb'/
Definition
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
KJV: assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.
Root / derivation: or מֹשָׁב; from H3427 (יָשַׁב);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered מוֹשָׁב across 43 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
43 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis3 verses
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
Genesis 27:39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; the fatness: or, of the fatness
Genesis 36:43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites. the Edomites: Heb. Edom
Exodus4 verses
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Exodus 12:20Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Exodus 12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
Exodus 35:3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Leviticus9 verses
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 7:26Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Leviticus 13:46All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:14And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:17Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:21And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Leviticus 23:31Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 25:29And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
Numbers4 verses
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Numbers 24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Numbers 31:10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
Numbers 35:29So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
1 Samuel2 verses
Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. empty: Heb. missed
1 Samuel 20:25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
1 Chronicles3 verses
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. Baal: or, Baalathbeer their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them
1 Chronicles 6:54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
1 Chronicles 7:28And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: towns: Heb. daughters unto Gaza: or, Adassa
Job1 verse
Psalms6 verses
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. ungodly: or, wicked
Psalms 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Psalms 107:7And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Psalms 107:32Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms 107:36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms 132:13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Ezekiel7 verses
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Ezekiel 6:14So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. more: or, desolate from the wilderness
Ezekiel 8:3And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: midst: Heb. heart
Ezekiel 34:13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Ezekiel 37:23Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 48:15And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H4186 (môwshâb) mean?
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
How many times does H4186 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H4186 (מוֹשָׁב) appears in 43 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “dwellings.”
How is môwshâb translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H4186 is rendered as “dwellings” (8×), “habitations” (8×), “seat” (7×), “dwelling” (4×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word מוֹשָׁב come from?
or מֹשָׁב; from H3427 (יָשַׁב);