Definition

defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab, a place in Moab

Etymology

from H7682 (שָׂגַב); properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge

Where the KJV renders it

• Misgab

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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