Mânôwç — H4498

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. flight, refuge, place of escape
1. flight
2. refuge, place of escape

Usually translated as

refuge, apace, escape, way to flee, flight

Origin

from H5127

• Derived from Nûwç (H5127)

Greek equivalents

• phygḗ (G5437)

Occurrences

Mânôwç occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Jeremiah (3), Amos (1)

• 2 Samuel 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge (וּמְנוּסִ֔י), my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
• Job 11:20 — But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape (וּ֭מָנוֹס), and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
• Psalms 59:16 — But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge (וּ֝מָנ֗וֹס) in the day of my trouble.
• Psalms 142:4 — I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge (מָנ֣וֹס) failed me; no man cared for my soul.
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge (וּמְנוּסִ֖י) in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Jeremiah 25:35 — And the shepherds shall have no way to flee (מָנ֖וֹס), nor the principal of the flock to escape.
• Jeremiah 46:5 — Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace (וּמָנ֥וֹס), and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
• Amos 2:14 — Therefore the flight (מָנוֹס֙) shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: