מַחֲסֶה
machăçeh · H4268 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences
Meanings
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refuge, hiding-place
Location where one goes to find protection or safety; because of difficult circumstances
ExamplesJob 24:8 “They are wet from the mountain rains, And they hug the rock for lack of a shelter.
Psalm 104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock hyrax.
Isaiah 4:6 And there will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.
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refuge, hiding-place or protector
A person in whom one has put one's trust in order to find protection or safety because of difficult circumstances
ExamplesPsalm 14:6 You would put to shame the plan of the poor, But the LORD is his refuge.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, A very ready help in trouble.
Psalm 61:3 For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy.
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refuge or hiding-place
A kind of behavior through which one aims to attain a state of well-being
ExamplesIsaiah 28:15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a pact. The gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by, Because we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”
Isaiah 28:17 “I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
11 occurrences in 5 groups
- יmy 8
- כָּזָבlie, falsehood 1
- עֹזstrength, might 1
- הוּhis 1
- נוּour 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- צוּרrock 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- יָעָהto sweep away 1
- שִׁיתto set, to put, to make 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בְּלִיwithout, not 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- אַתָּהyou 3
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
- אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 2
- סֶלַעrock, cliff 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צוּרrock 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- סֵתֶר çêther · H5643 · cover, shelter, disguise
- Both lexemes denote places/concepts of refuge and hiding—מַחֲסֶה emphasizes trust/refuge/shelter, while סֵתֶר emphasizes secret/hidden covering/protection.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐλπίς elpís · G1680 · to hope, to hope for, hope
- Greek ἐλπίς emphasizes the abstract cognitive/affective state of hope or expectation, while Hebrew מַחֲסֶה predominantly denotes the concrete place or entity providing refuge, though both converge on the concept of trust/confident reliance as their semantic bridge.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Hide002002001010
- מַחֲסֶה denotes a physical shelter one hides within for protection, as in Job 24:8's picture of the poor hugging "the rock for lack of a shelter" from mountain rains.
- Confident002001002003
- The word is used repeatedly and figuratively of God as a refuge in whom one places confident trust, as in the psalmist's repeated declaration "God is a refuge for us" (Psalm 14:6; 46:1; 62:8).
- Act002002002001
- The fact-packet data also assigns the Act domain, likely reflecting the act of taking refuge itself, as in Psalm 61:4's "let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings," though this is closely bound up with the Confident sense above.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4268. machaseh or machseh מַחְסֶּה noun masculinePro 14:26 refuge, shelter; — absolute…
or machseh מַחְסֶּה noun masculinePro 14:26 refuge, shelter; — absolute ׳מַ Job 24:8 Job 24:5t.; מַחֲסֶה Psa 46:2 Psa 46:2t.; construct מַחְסֵּה Isa 28:17; suffix מַחְסִּי Psa 62:8 Psa 62:5t.; מַחֲסִי Psa 71:7; Jer 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ Psa 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Isa 28:15; — shelter:
a. from rain and storm Isa 4:6; Isa 25:4; Job 24:8.
b. from danger לַשְׁפַנִּים מַחְסֶּה סְלָעִים rocks a refuge for conies Psa 104:18; כזב מחסה refuge of falsehood Isa 28:17; מחסנוּ כזב falsehood our refuge Isa 28:15; elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people Psa 14:6; Psa 46:2; Psa 61:4; Psa 62:8; Psa 62:9; Psa 71:7; Psa 73:28; Psa 91:2; Psa 91:9; Psa 94:22; Psa 142:6; Pro 14:26; Jer 17:17; Joel 4:16.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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