מִשְׂגָּב
miśgāb
secure height
Strong's H4869Proper NounHebrewTWOT 2234a

מִשְׂגָּב (miśgāb) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning secure height. It appears 17 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4869).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2234a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2234a)secure height, retreat; Misgab; cliff, lofty, inaccessible, altitude, refuge; defence, high fort
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִשְׂגָּב noun, masculine: secure height, retreat

מִשְׂגָּב proper name of a place

Strong's H4869 מִשְׂגָּב: properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge; Misgab, a place in Moab
KJV:defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2234: שָׂגַב śāgab — be, high; set on high, be exalted; set, on high; acts exaltedly; make, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong; defend, be excellent, set up, be too strong

See it in Scripture

2 Samuel 22:3Psalms 94:22Isaiah 25:12

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