Words the Bible translates as refuge
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ma'ozמָעוֹזa place or source of safety and strength: a fortress to shelter behind, or the protection a person leans on for security
- maḥasehמַחְסֶּהrefuge: a place you run to for cover and safety, whether a rock in a storm or God himself
- miqlatמִקְלָטa place of asylum: a city set apart to take in and shelter someone who has killed another person by accident
- ma'onמָעוֹןa dwelling place or abode: the settled home where someone or something lives
- misgavמִשְׂגָּבa place set so high it cannot be reached, and so a place of perfect safety
- me'onahמְעֹנָהa den: the sheltered retreat a creature lives in, and by extension the home of God or of people
- manosמָנוֹסescape: the way out of danger, whether the running away itself or the safe place you run to
- ḥasutחָסוּתrefugenot studied yet
- miphlatמִפְלָטa way out to safety: the place a person escapes to, or the means that makes getting away possible
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