מַחְסֶּה machaseh
Hebrew word for “refuge” · Strong’s H4268 · used 20 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) refuge, shelter; 1a) from rain or storm, from danger; 1b) of falsehood
How it is translated
Glosses given for machaseh in context, with how often each is used:
- refuge 16
- shelter 3
- will be a refuge 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 62 (2), Psalms 91 (2), Isaiah 28 (2), Job 24 (1), Psalms 14 (1), Psalms 46 (1), Psalms 61 (1), Psalms 71 (1), Psalms 73 (1), Psalms 94 (1)
Forms
- מחסה 9
- מחסי 8
- מחסהו 1
- ולמחסה 1
- מחסנו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with machaseh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֹז oz “strength” 5
- זֶרֶם zerem “storm” 3
- צוּר tsur “rock” 3
- חֹרֶב chorev “drought” 2
- נִי ni “me” 4
- שָׁטַף shataph “to overflow” 2
- כָּזָב kazav “lie” 2
- מָעוֹז maoz “security” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- צֵל tsel “shadow” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
- בָּטַח batach “to trust” 2
Key verses
The verses using machaseh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 14:6 — Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
- Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 62:7 — In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Psalms 62:8 — Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 73:28 — But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
- Psalms 91:2 — I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- Psalms 142:5 — I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- Proverbs 14:26 — In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Isaiah 25:4 — 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…
- Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come…
- Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the…
- Joel 3:16 — 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…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.