Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4268
מַחֲסֶה
machasehmakh-as-eh'
refuge
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: machăçeh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4268is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4268
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
machaseh is rendered "refuge". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 24:8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
Job 24:8מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a refuge6
- refuge my6
- a shelter1
- and for refuge1
- refuge his1
- refuge of1
- refuge of my1
- refuge our1
- shelter1
- shelter my1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַחֲנֶה | machaneh | camp | Uses215 |
| מַחֲשָׁבָה | machashabah | plot | Uses56 |
| מַחֲלֹקֶת | machaloqeth | division | Uses42 |
| מַחֲצִית | machatsith | half | Uses16 |
| מַחֲלֶה | machaleh | sickness | Uses6 |
| מַחֲבַת | machabath | griddle | Uses5 |
| מַחֲזֶה | machazeh | vision | Uses4 |
| מַחֲרֵשָׁה | machareshah | plowshare | Uses3 |
| מַחֲבֵא | machabe | hiding-place | Uses2 |
| מַחֲלָצָה | machalatsah | robe | Uses2 |
| מַחֲלָף | machalaph | knife | Uses1 |
| מַחֲנַק | machanaq | strangling | Uses1 |
and 6 more on the stem.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מַחְסִ֑י3
- וּלְמַחְסֶה֙1
- מַחְסֵ֣ה1
- מַחְסֶ֣ה1
- מַחְסֶ֥ה1
- מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה1
- מַחְסֶ֤ה1
- מַחֲסֶ֣ה1
- מַֽחֲסֶ֣ה1
- מַחֲסֶה־1
- מַחְסֶֽה׃1
- מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular8HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular8HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcmsc/Sp1bp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Job
one use
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
- מַ֝חְסֶ֗הmachsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: shelter
Psalms
twelve uses
You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
- מַחְסֵֽהוּ׃machsehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- מַחֲסֶ֣הmachasehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
- מַחְסֶ֣הmachsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- מַ֝חְסִ֗יmachsinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- מַחֲסֶה־machaseh-noun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
- מַֽחֲסִי־machasi-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge of my
But 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.
- מַחְסִ֑יmachsinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- מַחְסִ֣יmachsinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
- מַחְסִ֑יmachsinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
- מַחְסִֽי׃machsinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shelter my
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
- מַחְסֶ֥הmachsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- מַחְסִ֑יmachsinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
Proverbs
one use
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- מַחְסֶֽה׃machsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
Isaiah
four uses
a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
- וּלְמַחְסֶה֙ulemachsehconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for refuge
For 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,
- מַחְסֶ֤הmachsehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a shelter
For 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.”
- מַחְסֵ֖נוּmachsenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: refuge our
I 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.
- מַחְסֵ֣הmachsehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: refuge of
Jeremiah
one use
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
- מַֽחֲסִי־machasi-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
Joel
one use
The 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.
- מַֽחֲסֶ֣הmachasehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.