Lexical Definition

‎מַחֲסֶה‎ machăçeh (makh-as-eh') refuge ^H:N-M
or מַחְסֶה machçeh (makhseh'); from ‎חָסָה‎

hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.

• a shelter (literally or figuratively)

1) refuge, shelter
1a) from rain or storm, from danger
1b) of falsehood

See Greek: βοηθός · ἐλπίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַחְסֶּה‎ noun masculine^{Prov 14:26} refuge, shelter; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מַ‎ Job 24:8 + 5 t.; ‎מַחֲסֶה‎ Ps 46:2* + 2 t.; construct ‎מַחְסֵּה‎ Isa 28:17 suffix ‎מַחְסִּי‎ Ps 62:8* + 5 t.; ‎מַחֲסִי‎ Ps 71:7; Jer 17:17, ‎מַחְסֵּהוּ‎ Ps 14:6, ‎מַחְסֵּנוּ‎ Isa 28:15 — shelter:
a. from rain and storm Isa 4:6; Isa 25:4; Job 24:8.
b. from danger ‎סְלָעִים מַחְסֶּה לַשְׁפַנִּים‎ rocks a refuge for conies Ps 104:18 ‎מחסה כזב‎ refuge of falsehood Isa 28:17 ‎כזב מחסנוּ‎ falsehood our refuge Isa 28:15 elsewhere of God as the refuge of his people Ps 14:6; Ps 46:2*; Ps 61:4*; Ps 62:8*; Ps 62:9*; Ps 71:7; Ps 73:28; Ps 91:2; Ps 91:9; Ps 94:22; Ps 142:6*; Prov 14:26; Jer 17:17; Joel 4:16*.

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