Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׂגָּב‎ misgâb (mis-gawb') high refuge ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׂגַב‎; properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge

Misgab.

• § Misgab = "height"
• defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab, a place in Moab

n m
1) high place, refuge, secure height, retreat
1a) stronghold
1b) refuge (of God)
n pr loc
2) a place in Moab

See Greek: βοηθός · ἰσχυρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מִשְׂגַּב‎ noun [masculine Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 60}] secure height, retreat; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Psalm +; construct ‎מִשְׂגַּב‎ Isa 25:12 suffix ‎מִשְׂגַּבִּי‎ Ps 18:3* +, etc.; —

1. a. = strong-hold, ‎חֹמֹתֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִבְצַר מ‎ Isa 25:12.
b. figurative of security Isa 33:16.

2. figurative of God as refuge Ps 9:10* (twice in verse), Ps 18:3* = 2Sam 22:3; Ps 46:8*; Ps 46:12*; Ps 48:4*; Ps 59:10*; Ps 59:17*; Ps 59:18*; Ps 62:3*; Ps 62:7*; Ps 94:22; Ps 144:2.

II. ‎מִשְׂגָּב‎ Perhaps proper name, of a location in Moab; — ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ Jer 48:1 (see Schw^{ZAW viii (1888), 196} Albr^l.c.), Αμαθ; Gf thinks appell. of Kir Moab (see II. ‎קִיר‎); most below I. ‎׳‎‎מ‎

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