מִשְׂגָּבmisgâb
מִשְׂגַּב: secure height, retreat
Pronunciation: mis-gawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4869
Meanings
1.
a. = stronghold (Isaiah 25:12)
b. figurative of security (Isaiah 33:16)
2. figurative of God as refuge (Psalms 9:10; Psalms 18:3; 2 Samuel 22:3)
מִשְׂגָּב: proper name [of a location]: Perhaps proper name [of a location] in Moab (Jeremiah 48:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 22:3 my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. He is my refuge, my savior, the one who saves me from violence.
- Psalms 9:9 The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.
- Psalms 46:7 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
- Psalms 46:11 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
- Psalms 48:3 God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers, revealing himself as its defender.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).