Word

מִשְׂגָּב

misgâb · H4869 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences

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Thing

Fortress, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortCity fortifications123 verses

Meanings

stronghold, refuge

A high and therefore unattainable location, either because of its natural environment or as a result of human construction efforts, associated with security and protection from the enemy

Examples
Isaiah 25:12 The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Isaiah 33:16 He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
Jeremiah 48:1 Concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The high stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.
Literally: (one's) fortress; hence: a title for God as the one who provides security for his people ((God as a) stronghold, (God as a) refuge)

Examples
2 Samuel 22:3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
Psalm 9:9 The LORD will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my savior, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

How it’s used In 6 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

9 occurrences in 3 groups

יmy 7
חוֹמָהwall 1
הוּhis 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בּוּשׁto be ashamed, to be put to shame 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 2 groups

אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 3
מְצַדprey 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִבְצָרfortress 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

מָצוּד mâtsûwd · H4686 · prey, victim, (trammel) net: One term covers "castle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, strong place" alongside trap and hunting terms, while the other's underlying common-noun sense is "stronghold, high refuge." Both refer to defensive structures or places of safety.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Fortifications001003002003: The word denotes a stronghold or secure height of refuge, as the psalmist's repeated declaration of the LORD as rock, stronghold, and refuge.
Titles003001017: The word functions as a divine epithet, a title applied to God as the worshiper's refuge and stronghold, as in the psalms' repeated address of the LORD by this designation.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׂגַב sâgab · H7682 · high, to raise up against, to stir up against · 20×מִשְׂגָּבmisgâb · H4869

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4869. misgab I. מִשְׂגַּב noun [masculine AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 60] secure height,…

H4869. misgab
I. מִשְׂגַּב noun [masculine AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 60] secure height, retreat; — ׳מ Psalm +; construct מִשְׂגַּב Isa 25:12; suffix מִשְׂגַּבִּי Psa 18:3 +, etc.; —
1. a. = strong-hold, מ ׳מִבְצַר חֹמֹתֶיךָ Isa 25:12.
b. figurative of security Isa 33:16.
2 figurative of God as refuge Psa 9:10 (twice in verse), Psa 18:3 = 2Sa 22:3; Psa 46:8; Psalm 46:12; Psa 48:4; Psa 59:10; Psa 59:17; Psalm 59:18; Psa 62:3; Psa 62:7; Psa 94:22; Psa 144:2.
II. מִשְׂגָּב Perhaps proper name, of a location in Moab; — ׳הַמּ Jer 48:1 (see SchwZAW viii (1888), 196 Albrl.c.), Αμαθ; Gf thinks appell. of Kir Moab (see II. קִיר); most below I. ׳מ 1.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Fortifications3 occurrences Titles14 occurrences

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