חָסָה
châçâh · khaw-saw'
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H982 (בָּטַח))
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
- to flee for protection
- figuratively, to confide in
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָסָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to trust3 · 11%
- do i put my trust2 · 7%
- in whom they trusted1 · 4%
- and put your trust1 · 4%
- in him will i trust1 · 4%
- to all them that trust1 · 4%
- are all they that put their trust1 · 4%
- but let all those that put their trust1 · 4%
- in thee do i put my trust1 · 4%
- put i my trust1 · 4%
- for in thee do i put my trust1 · 4%
- them which put their trust1 · 4%
- in whom i will trust1 · 4%
- to all those that trust1 · 4%
- for i put my trust1 · 4%
- for them that trust1 · 4%
- that trusteth1 · 4%
- and none of them that trust1 · 4%
- put their trust1 · 4%
- them, because they trust1 · 4%
- trusteth1 · 4%
- will i make my refuge1 · 4%
- i will trust1 · 4%
- and shall trust1 · 4%
- shalt thou trust1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.