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Lexicon :: Strong's H4268 - maḥăsê

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מַחֲסֶה
Transliteration
maḥăsê
Pronunciation
makh-as-eh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 700b

Strong’s Definitions

מַחֲסֶה machăçeh, makh-as-eh'; or מַחְסֶה machçeh; from H2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively):—hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H4268 in the following manner: refuge (15x), shelter (2x), hope (2x), trust (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H4268 in the following manner: refuge (15x), shelter (2x), hope (2x), trust (1x).

  1. refuge, shelter

    1. from rain or storm, from danger

    2. of falsehood

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחֲסֶה machăçeh, makh-as-eh'; or מַחְסֶה machçeh; from H2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively):—hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
STRONGS H4268: Abbreviations
† מַחְסֶּה noun masculineProverbs 14:26 refuge, shelter; — absolute מַ׳ Job 24:8 5 times; מַחֲסֶה Psalm 46:2 2 times; construct מַחְסֵּה Isaiah 28:17; suffix מַחְסִּי Psalm 62:8 5 times; מַחֲסִי Psalm 71:7; Jeremiah 17:17, מַחְסֵּהוּ Psalm 14:6, מַחְסֵּנוּ Isaiah 28:15; — shelter:
a. from rain and storm Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4; Job 24:8.
b. from danger סְלָעִים מַחְסֶּה לַשְׁפַנִּים rocks a refuge for conies Psalm 104:18; מחסה כזב refuge of falsehood Isaiah 28:17; כזב מחסנוּ falsehood our refuge Isaiah 28:15; elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people Psalm 14:6; Psalm 46:2; Psalm 61:4; Psalm 62:8; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 71:7; Psalm 73:28; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 91:9; Psalm 94:22; Psalm 142:6; Proverbs 14:26; Jeremiah 17:17; Joel 4:16 [Joel 3:16].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

24:8; 24:8

Psalms

14:6; 14:6; 46:2; 46:2; 61:4; 62:8; 62:8; 62:9; 71:7; 71:7; 73:28; 91:2; 91:9; 94:22; 104:18; 142:6

Proverbs

14:26; 14:26

Isaiah

4:6; 25:4; 28:15; 28:15; 28:17; 28:17

Jeremiah

17:17; 17:17

Joel

3:16

H4268

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4268 matches the Hebrew מַחֲסֶה (maḥăsê),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - (LXX 13:6) Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - (LXX 45:1) For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. (45:2) God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 - (LXX 60:4) because thou wert my hope, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 - (LXX 61:8) [fn]In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 - (LXX 61:9) Hope in him, all ye congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - (LXX 70:7) I am become as it were a wonder to many; but thou art my strong helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - (LXX 72:28) But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:2 - (LXX 90:2) He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - (LXX 90:9) For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 - (LXX 93:22) But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - (LXX 103:18) The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, and the rock for the rabbits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5 - (LXX 141:6) I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:26 - In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And it shall be for a shadow from the heat, and as a shelter and a hiding-place from inclemency of weather and from rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For thou hast been a helper to every lowly city, and a shelter to them that were disheartened by reason of poverty: thou shalt deliver them from wicked men: thou hast been a shelter of them that thirst, and a refreshing air to injured men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will cause judgment to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:17 - Be not to me a stranger, but spare me in the evil day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 - (LXX 4:16) And the Lord shall cry out of Sion, and shall utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken, but the Lord shall spare his people, and shall strengthen the children of Israel.
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