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Shelter

מִסְתּוֹרStrong’s H4563

mistor (mis-tor)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Mistor is the Hebrew word usually translated “shelter”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.”
Isaiah 4:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Place of shelter
How it's translated
  • and for shelter 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מִסְתּוֹר mistor · shelter

    place of shelter

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “shelter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SHEL'TER, noun

    [Latin celo.]

    1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance.
    2. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
    3. He that defends or guards from danger.
    All definitions and other forms of “shelter”

      SHEL'TER, verb transitive

      1. To cover from violence, injury, annoyance or attack; as a valley sheltered from the north wind by a mountain.
      2. To defend; to protect from danger; to secure or render safe; to harbor.
      3. To betake to cover or a safe place.
      4. To cover from notice; to disguise for protection.

      SHEL'TER, verb intransitive

      To take shelter

        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.