TBESH · H4268
מַחְסֶּה · ma.cha.seh · refuge
1) refuge, shelter 1a) from rain or storm, from danger 1b) of falsehood
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מַחְסֶּה (ma.cha.seh) means “refuge” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: makh-as-eh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מַחְסֶּה · ma.cha.seh · refuge
1) refuge, shelter 1a) from rain or storm, from danger 1b) of falsehood
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or מַחְסֶה; from H2620 (חָסָה); a shelter (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| my refuge | 4 |
| a refuge | 2 |
| are my refuge | 2 |
| refuge | 2 |
| a place of refuge | 1 |
| and a refuge | 1 |
| is our refuge | 1 |
| is their shelter | 1 |
| of refuge | 1 |
| of shelter | 1 |
| our refuge | 1 |
| will be a refuge | 1 |
| you are my refuge | 1 |
| your refuge | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| my refuge | 4 |
| a refuge | 3 |
| our refuge | 2 |
| and for a place of refuge | 1 |
| for thou hast been a shelter | 1 |
| for want of a shelter | 1 |
| his refuge | 1 |
| my hope | 1 |
| my trust | 1 |
| of my refuge | 1 |
| refuge | 1 |
| shall have a place of refuge | 1 |
| the hope | 1 |
| the refuge | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 20 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
Read word by wordYou sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
Read word by wordFor the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 46.2
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 61.4
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.9
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
Read word by wordBut as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
Read word by wordI will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Read word by wordBecause you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
Read word by wordBut the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
Read word by wordThe high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
Read word by wordI cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 142.6
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Read word by worda shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
Read word by wordFor You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Read word by wordFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
Read word by wordI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Read word by wordDo not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Read word by wordThe LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.16
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