Lexical Definition

‎מָנוֹס‎ mânôwç (maw-noce') refuge ^H:N-M
from ‎נוּס‎

[idiom] apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.

• a retreat (literally or figuratively)
• abstractly, a fleeing

1) flight, refuge, place of escape
1a) flight
1b) refuge, place of escape

See Greek: φυγή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָנוֺס‎ noun masculine Amos 2:14

1. flight.

2. place of escape, refuge; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Amos 2:14 + 5 t.; suffix ‎מְנוּסִי‎ 2Sam 22:3; Jer 16:19 —

1. flight, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎נוּס‎ Jer 46:5.

2. (place of) escape; ‎מִן‎ ‎׳‎‎אָבַד מ‎ escape perished from, = there was no escape for, Amos 2:14; Jer 25:35; Job 11:20; Ps 142:5* of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as a refuge 2Sam 22:3 (|| ‎משׂגב‎; ‎׳‎‎מנום וגו‎ not || Ps 18:3* text disputed, Kit Bu retain in Sm, Klo Bae Löhr Du insert in Psalms; < strike out in Sm De Hup-Now HPS compare Che), Ps 59:17* (|| id.); Jer 16:19 (|| ‎עז‎, ‎מעוז‎).

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