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refuge

Meaning of “refuge”

A shelter, haven, protection, or source of safety to which one flees or trusts.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
47 occurrences46 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 35:6

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Isaiah 4:6
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 4:6 · retained source text

And there shalbe a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a couert from storme and from raine.

Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 25:4 · retained source text

For thou hast bene a strength to the poore, a strength to the needy in his distresse, a refuge from the storme, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storme against the wall.

Isaiah 28:15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:15 · retained source text

Because ye haue said, Wee haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement, when the ouerflowing scourge shall passe thorow, it shall not come vnto vs: for wee haue made lies our refuge, and vnder falsehood haue we hid our selues:

Isaiah 28:17
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:17 · retained source text

Iudgement also will I lay to the line, and righteousnesse to the plummet: and the haile shall sweepe away the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall ouerflow the hiding place.

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