STRONGS NUMBER H2620


Word Summary
chasah: to seek refuge
Original Word: חָסָה
Transliteration: chasah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-saw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to seek refuge
Meaning: to flee for, protection, to confide in
Strong's Concordance
have hope, make refuge, put trust

A primitive root; to flee for protection (compare batach); figuratively, to confide in -- have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.

see HEBREW batach

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2620. chasah

חָסָהverb (mostly in poetry and figurative) seek refuge (Arabic III. is set aside; see go aside, apart; shelter, protection; but ? = ס‎) —

Qal Perfect ׳ח‎ Psalm 64:11; 3feminine singular חָסָ֫יָהPsalm 57:2, חָסִ֫יתִי7:2 7t.; plural חָסוּ37:40; Zephaniah 3:12, חָסָ֫יוּDeuteronomy 32:37; Imperfect יֶחְסֶּהPsalm 34:9, תֶחְסֶּה91:4, אֶחְסֶּה57:2 (see Baer 34:9), אֶחֱסֶה18:3 2t.; plural יֶחֱסוּIsaiah 14:32, יֶחֱסָיוּןPsalm 36:8; Imperative חֲסוּJudges 9:15; Infinitive חֲסוֺתPsalm 118:8 3t.; participle חוֺסֶהIsaiah 57:13, חֹסֶהProverbs 14:32, חוֺסִיםPsalm 17:7 3t.; חֹסְיםProverbs 30:5; 2 Samuel 22:31 (see Baer Proverbs 30:5), חוֺסֵיPsalm 2:12; 5:12, חֹסֵיNahum 1:7; — seek refuge, with ׃בְּ בְּצֵל‎ in the shadow of a tree Judges 9:15, מצרים בְּצֵלIsaiah 30:2; בָּהּ14:32 in Zion, in gods Deuteronomy 32:37 (poem), elsewhere in God 2 Samuel 22:3 = Psalm 18:3; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 2:12; 5:12; 7:2; 11:1; 16:1; 25:20; 31:2; 31:20; 34:9; Psalm 34:23; 37:40; 57:2; Psalm 64:11; 71:1; 118:8; 118:9; 141:8; 144:2, Isaiah 57:13; בו ה)חוסים ל(כל הוא מגןa shield is he to (all) who seek refuge in him 2 Samuel 22:31 = Psalm 18:31; Proverbs 30:5; ׳בְּ‎ is probably to be supplied in thought at least: חוסים מושׁיעPsalm 17:7 saviour of those seeking refuge (in thee); צדיק במותו חסהProverbs 14:32 a righteous man in his death seeketh refuge (in Yahweh), י ׳בשׁםZephaniah 3:12, כנפיךָ בצלin the shadow of thy wings Psalm 36:8; 57:2; כנפיךָ בסתר61:5, כנפיו תחתunder his wings 91:4 = Ruth 2:12.