Strong's Lexicon

H4268

H4268 — מַחֲסֶה מַחסֶה

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

Hebrewmachacehnoun mascOccurrences: 20TWOT: 700b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4268
Word:	מַחֲסֶה מַחסֶה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2620
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	20
Transliteration:	machaceh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	makh-as-eh' (or machceh {makh-seh'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a shelter (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:	hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.

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BDB2974

מַחְסֶּה noun masculine^{Prov 14:26} refuge, shelter; — absolute ׳ מַ Job 24:8 + 5 t.; מַחֲסֶה Ps 46:2 + 2 t.; construct מַחְסֵּה Isa 28:17 suffix מַחְסִּי Ps 62:8 + 5 t.; מַחֲסִי Ps 71:7; Jer 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ Ps 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Isa 28:15 — shelter:

a. from rain and storm Isa 4:6; Isa 25:4; Job 24:8.

b. from danger סְלָעִים מַחְסֶּה לַשְׁפַנִּים rocks a refuge for conies Ps 104:18 מחסה כזב refuge of falsehood Isa 28:17 כזב מחסנוּ falsehood our refuge Isa 28:15 elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people Ps 14:6; Ps 46:2; Ps 61:4; Ps 62:8; Ps 62:9; Ps 71:7; Ps 73:28; Ps 91:2; Ps 91:9; Ps 94:22; Ps 142:6; Prov 14:26; Jer 17:17; Joel 4:16.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחסה (magh-seh’)

Job 24:8

KJV: They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

EHCC: embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Job 46:1

EHCC: (2). God (is) our 6 strength,

Job 61:21

EHCC: For hast Peet lr -

Job 62:7

EHCC: (8).rocl ‘my strength, (and) fuge,

Job 73:28

EHCC: 1 have Put my trust in Lord

Job 91:2

EHCC: my refuge my fortress:

Job 104:18

EHCC: The high hills (are) a refuge

Job 142:5

EHCC: (6). Thou (art) my refuge (and) my portion

Proverbs 14:26

KJV: In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

EHCC: his children have a place of refuge.

Isaiah 4:6

KJV: And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

EHCC: and for a place of refuge, and tor

Isaiah 25:4

KJV: For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

EHCC: 4 refuge from the storm,

Jeremiah 17:17

KJV: Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

EHCC: thou (art) my hope in the day of evil.

Joel 3:16

KJV: The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour

EHCC: (4:16). the hope of his people,