Strong's Lexicon

H4372

H4372 — מִכסֶה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmikcehnoun mascOccurrences: 16TWOT: 1008c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4372
Word:	מִכסֶה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3680
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	16
Transliteration:	mikceh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mik-seh'
Meaning:	1. a covering, i.e. weather-boarding
KJV Renderings:	covering.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4111

מִכְסֶה noun [masculine] covering; — ׳ מ Exod 26:14; Exod 36:19 construct מִכְסֵה Gen 8:13 + 10 t.; suffix מִכְסֵהוּ Exod 35:11 + 2 t.; —

1. covering of the ark, deck-roof ( ᵐ5 στέγη) Gen 8:13 ( J ).

2. of the skins of the tent of meeting Exod 26:14 (twice in verse); Exod 35:11; Exod 36:19 (twice in verse); Exod 39:34 (twice in verse); Exod 40:19; Num 3:25; Num 4:8; Num 4:10; Num 4:11; Num 4:12; Num 4:25 (twice in verse) (all P ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מכסה (mich-seh’)

Genesis 8:13

KJV: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

EHCC: Noah removed the covering of the ark,

Numbers 8:25

KJV: And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:cease…: Heb. return from the warfare of the service

EHCC: the tent, the covering thereof,