Machăçeh — H4268

Definition

masculine noun

a shelter (literally or figuratively)

1. refuge, shelter
1. from rain or storm, from danger
2. of falsehood

Usually translated as

refuge, hope, shelter, trust

Origin

or machçeh; from H2620

• Derived from Châçâh (H2620)

Greek equivalents

• boēthós (G998)
• elpís (G1680)

Occurrences

Machăçeh occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (12), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (1), Joel (1)

• Job 24:8 — They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter (מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה).
• Psalms 14:6 — Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge (מַחְסֵֽהוּ).
• Psalms 46:1 — God is our refuge (מַחֲסֶ֣ה) and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Psalms 61:3 — For thou hast been a shelter (מַחְסֶ֣ה) for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
• Psalms 62:7 — In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge (מַ֝חְסִ֗י), is in God.
• Psalms 62:8 — Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge (מַחֲסֶה) for us. Selah.
• Psalms 71:7 — I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge (מַֽחֲסִי).
• Psalms 73:28 — But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust (מַחְסִ֑י) in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
• Psalms 91:2 — I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge (מַחְסִ֣י) and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
• Psalms 91:9 — Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge (מַחְסִ֑י), even the most High, thy habitation;
• Psalms 94:22 — But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge (מַחְסִֽי).
• Psalms 104:18 — The high hills are a refuge (מַחְסֶ֥ה) for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
• Psalms 142:5 — I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge (מַחְסִ֑י) and my portion in the land of the living.
• Proverbs 14:26 — In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge (מַחְסֶֽה).
• Isaiah 4:6 — And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge (וּלְמַחְסֶה֙), and for a covert from storm and from rain.
• Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge (מַחְסֶ֤ה) from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
• Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge (מַחְסֵ֖נוּ), and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
• Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge (מַחְסֵ֣ה) of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
• Jeremiah 17:17 — Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope (מַֽחֲסִי) in the day of evil.
• Joel 3:16 — The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope (מַֽחֲסֶ֣ה) of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.