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מִשְׂגָּב

misgav · high refuge

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4869 · appears 17 times in the Bible

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What it means

misgav (מִשְׂגָּב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “high refuge”.

A high, safe place that the enemy cannot reach: a height, a refuge on high. It is said of God as protection.

How to say it

mis·gav

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A high, safe place no one reaches; said of God.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

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Where it appears

  • 2 Samuel 22:3

    Elohim, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high refuge and the place where I flee, my savior; from violence you save me.

  • Psalms 9:9

    And YHWH will be a high refuge for the oppressed, a high refuge in times of distress.

  • Psalms 18:2

    YHWH is my crag and my fortress and the one who brings me to safety; my El, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high refuge.

  • Psalms 46:7

    YHWH Tsevaot is with us; a high refuge for us is the Elohim of Jacob. Selah.

  • Psalms 46:11

    YHWH Tsevaot is with us; a high refuge for us is the Elohim of Jacob. Selah.

  • Psalms 48:3

    Elohim, in her citadels, has made himself known as a high refuge.

  • Psalms 59:9

    Facing his strength, I will watch for you, for Elohim is my high refuge.

  • Psalms 59:16

    But I will sing of your strength, and shout for joy in the morning over your loyal love; for you have been a high refuge for me, and a place to flee in the day of my distress.

  • Psalms 59:17

    My strength, to you I will sing psalms; for Elohim is my high refuge, the Elohim of my loyal love.

  • Psalms 62:2

    Only he is my Rock and my salvation, my high refuge; I will not be greatly moved.

  • Psalms 62:6

    Only he is my Rock and my salvation, my high refuge; I will not be moved.

  • Psalms 94:22

    But YHWH has been for me a high refuge, and my Elohim the rock of my refuge.

  • Psalms 144:2

    my loyal love and my fortress, my high refuge and the one who brings me to safety, my shield, and in him I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

  • Isaiah 25:12

    And the fortress, the high refuge of your walls, he will bring down, he will lay low, he will bring it to the ground, to the dust.

  • Isaiah 33:16

    he will dwell on the heights; fortresses of crags will be his high refuge; his bread will be given, his waters sure.

  • Jeremiah 48:1

    Concerning Moab. Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is captured; the high refuge is put to shame and dismayed.

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