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
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.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִשְׂגָּב n.[m.] secure height, retreat base
מִשְׂגָּב perh. n.pr.loc. in Moab;—Je 48:1 ref
