מַחֲסֶה
machăçeh · makh-as-eh'
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַחְסֶה; from H2620 (חָסָה);
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַחֲסֶה 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for want of a shelter1 · 5%
- is his refuge1 · 5%
- is our refuge1 · 5%
- for thou hast been a shelter1 · 5%
- and my refuge1 · 5%
- is a refuge1 · 5%
- refuge1 · 5%
- my trust1 · 5%
- he is my refuge1 · 5%
- which is my refuge1 · 5%
- of my refuge1 · 5%
- are a refuge1 · 5%
- thou art my refuge1 · 5%
- shall have a place of refuge1 · 5%
- and for a place of refuge1 · 5%
- a refuge1 · 5%
- our refuge1 · 5%
- the refuge1 · 5%
- unto me: thou art my hope1 · 5%
- will be the hope1 · 5%
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.