Machaseh מַחְסֶּה

Machaseh (Hebrew מַחְסֶּה, Strong's H4268) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “refuge”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Protection

Verses

Every verse with Machaseh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 24:8
  They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Psalms

• Psalm 14:6
  Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
• Psalm 46:1
  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Psalm 61:3
  For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
• Psalm 62:7
  In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
• Psalm 62:8
  Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
• Psalm 71:7
  I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
• Psalm 73:28
  But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
• Psalm 91:2
  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• Psalm 91:9
  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
• Psalm 94:22
  But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
• Psalm 104:18
  The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
• Psalm 142:5
  I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Proverbs

• Proverbs 14:26
  In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 4:6
  And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
• Isaiah 25:4
  For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a 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, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
• Isaiah 28:17
  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 17:17
  Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Joel

• 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 of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).