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H4869 מִשְׂגָּב (misgâb) mis-gawb'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 7682; properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge

KJV Usage: defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab, a place in Moab:--Misgab

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׂגָּב (mis.gav) — high refuge. 1) high place, refuge, secure height, retreat 1a) stronghold 1b) refuge (of God)

מִשְׂגָּב (mis.gav) — Misgab. Word sometimes translated as a name, only mentioned at Jer.48.1 § Misgab = "height" a place in Moab

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · שׂגב

Fortifications

stronghold, refuge = a high and therefore unattainable location, either because of its natural environment or as a result of human construction efforts, ≈ associated with security and protection from the enemy

ISA 25:12 · ISA 33:16 · JER 48:1

Titles | ≈ ישׁע · יְשׁוּעָה · מָגֵן · מָנֹוס · מְצוּדָה · סֶלַע · פלט · צוּר · קֶרֶן יֵשַׁע

(God as a) stronghold, (God as a) refuge literally: (one's) fortress; hence: = a title for God as the one who provides security for his people

2SA 22:3 · PSA 9:10 · PSA 9:10 · PSA 18:3 · PSA 46:8 · PSA 46:12 · PSA 48:4 · PSA 59:10 · PSA 59:17 · PSA 59:18 · PSA 62:3 · PSA 62:7 · PSA 94:22 · PSA 144:2

1 JER 48:1 REB considers this the name of a specific location.

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׂגָּב n.[m.] secure height, retreat base

מִשְׂגָּב perh. n.pr.loc. in Moab;—Je 48:1 ref

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