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STRONGS NUMBER H4268
Transliteration: machaseh or machseh
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-as-eh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: refuge, shelter
Meaning: refuge, shelter
Word Summary
machaseh or machseh: refuge, shelter
Original Word: מַחֲסֶהTransliteration: machaseh or machseh
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-as-eh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: refuge, shelter
Meaning: refuge, shelter
Strong's Concordance
hope, place of refuge, shelter, trust Or machceh {makh-seh'}; from chacah; a shelter (literally or figuratively) -- hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
see HEBREW chacah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4268. machaseh
or machseh מַחְסֶּה noun masculineProverbs 14:26 refuge, shelter; — absolute ׳מַ Job 24:8 5t.; מַחֲסֶה Psalm 46:2 2t.; construct מַחְסֵּה Isaiah 28:17; suffix מַחְסִּי Psalm 62:8 5t.; מַחֲסִי 71:7; Jeremiah 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ Psalm 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Isaiah 28:15; — shelter:
a. from rain and storm Isaiah 4:6; 25:4; Job 24:8.
b. from danger לַשְׁפַנִּים מַחְסֶּה סְלָעִים rocks a refuge for conies Psalm 104:18; כזב מחסה refuge of falsehood Isaiah 28:17; מחסנוּ כזב falsehood our refuge 28:15; elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people Psalm 14:6; 46:2; 61:4; 62:8; 62:9; 71:7; 73:28; 91:2; 91:9; 94:22; 142:6; Proverbs 14:26; Jeremiah 17:17; Joel 4:16.