High refuge
מִשְׂגָּבStrong’s H4869misgav (mis-gav)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Misgav is the Hebrew word usually translated “refuge my”, “refuge” and “refuge of”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.”
Meaning
- High place, refuge, secure height, retreatstronghold · refuge (of God)
- Word sometimes translated as a name, only mentioned at Jer.48.1
How it's translated
- refuge my 7
- a refuge 6
- to a refuge 1
- refuge of 1
- refuge his 1
- the stronghold 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 12
- Isaiah 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 48:3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
- Psalms 59:9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׂגָּב misgav · high refuge
1) high place, refuge, secure height, retreat 1a) stronghold 1b) refuge (of God)
מִשְׂגָּב misgav · Misgab
Word sometimes translated as a name, only mentioned at Jer.48.1 § Misgab = "height" a place in Moab
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.