Refuge
מַחְסֶּהStrong’s H4268machaseh (ma-cha-seh)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machaseh is the Hebrew word usually translated “refuge”, “refuge my” and “shelter”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.”
Meaning
- Refuge, shelterfrom rain or storm, from danger · of falsehood
How it's translated
- a refuge 6
- refuge my 6
- shelter 1
- refuge his 1
- refuge of my 1
- shelter my 1
- and for refuge 1
- a shelter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 12
- Isaiah 4
- Job 1
- Proverbs 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Joel 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 61:3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
- Psalms 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 71:7I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Hebrew dictionary
מַחְסֶּה machaseh · refuge
1) refuge, shelter 1a) from rain or storm, from danger 1b) of falsehood
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “refuge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REF'UGE, noun
[Latin refugium, refugio; re and fugio, to flee.]
- Shelter or protection from danger or distress.“We have made lies our refuge” Isaiah 28:15“- We might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us” Hebrews 6:18
- That which shelters or protects from danger, distress or calamity; a strong hold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; any place inaccessible to an enemy.“The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats” Psalms 104:18“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed” Psalms 9:9
- An expedient to secure protection or defense.
- Expedient, in general.
All definitions and other forms of “refuge”
REF'UGE, verb transitive
To shelter; to protect.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.