Lexical Definition

‎חָסָה‎ châçâh (khaw-saw') to seek refuge ^H:V
a primitive root; (compare ‎בָּטַח‎)

have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.

• to flee for protection
• figuratively, to confide in

1) (Qal) to seek refuge, flee for protection
1a) to put trust in (God), confide or hope in (God) (fig.)

See Greek: ἀντέχομαι · ἐλπίζω · εὐλαβέομαι · πείθω · σώζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָסָה‎ verb (mostly in poetry and figurative) seek refuge (Arabic III. is set aside; see go aside, apart; shelter, protection; but ? = ‎ס‎) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 64:11* 3 feminine singular ‎חָסָ֫יָה‎ Ps 57:2*, ‎חָסִ֫יתִי‎ Ps 7:2* + 7 t.; plural ‎חָסוּ‎ Ps 37:40; Zeph 3:12, ‎חָסָ֫יוּ‎ Deut 32:37 Imperfect ‎יֶחְסֶּה‎ Ps 34:9*, ‎תֶחְסֶּה‎ Ps 91:4, ‎אֶחְסֶּה‎ Ps 57:2* (see Baer Ps 34:9*), ‎אֶחֱסֶה‎ Ps 18:3* + 2 t.; plural ‎יֶחֱסוּ‎ Isa 14:32, ‎יֶחֱסָיוּן‎ Ps 36:8* Imperative ‎חֲסוּ‎ Judg 9:15 Infinitive ‎חֲסוֺת‎ Ps 118:8 + 3 t.; participle ‎חוֺסֶה‎ Isa 57:13, ‎חֹסֶה‎ Prov 14:32, ‎חוֺסִים‎ Ps 17:7 + 3 t.; ‎חֹסְים‎ Prov 30:5; 2Sam 22:31 (see Baer Prov 30:5), ‎חוֺסֵי‎ Ps 2:12; Ps 5:12*, ‎חֹסֵי‎ Nah 1:7 — seek refuge, with ‎בְּצֵל ׃בְּ‎ in the shadow of a tree Judg 9:15, ‎בְּצֵל מצרים‎ Isa 30:2 ‎בָּהּ‎ Isa 14:32 in Zion, in gods Deut 32:37 (poem), elsewhere in God 2Sam 22:3 = Ps 18:3*; Nah 1:7; Ps 2:12; Ps 5:12*; Ps 7:2*; Ps 11:1; Ps 16:1; Ps 25:20; Ps 31:2*; Ps 31:20*; Ps 34:9*; Ps 34:23*; Ps 37:40; Ps 57:2*; Ps 64:11*; Ps 71:1; Ps 118:8; Ps 118:9; Ps 141:8; Ps 144:2, Isa 57:13 ‎מגן הוא ל(כל ה)חוסים בו‎ a shield is he to (all) who seek refuge in him 2Sam 22:31 = Ps 18:31*; Prov 30:5 ‎׳‎‎בְּ‎ is probably to be supplied in thought at least: ‎מושׁיע חוסים‎ Ps 17:7 saviour of those seeking refuge (in thee); ‎חסה במותו צדיק‎ Prov 14:32 a righteous man in his death seeketh refuge (in Yahweh), ‎׳‎‎בשׁם י‎ Zeph 3:12, ‎בצל כנפיךָ‎ in the shadow of thy wings Ps 36:8*; Ps 57:2* ‎בסתר כנפיךָ‎ Ps 61:5*, ‎תחת כנפיו‎ under his wings Ps 91:4 = Ruth 2:12.

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