Strong's Definition
a denominative from 4043; properly, to shield; encompass with; figuratively, to rescue, to hand safely over (i.e. surrender)
KJV Usage: deliver
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָגַן (ma.gan) — to deliver. (Piel) to deliver up, give, deliver
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מְגִנָּה
Non-Possess | verb pi | ≈ נתן
to give = action by which humans transfer possession of something to someone else
Control | verb pi
Collocation: מגן בְּיָד
to deliver, to hand over literally: to give (someone) in the hand (of someone else); = causative action by which deities cause humans to gain control over other humans
Unfaithful | verb pi
to give up, to hand over, to abandon literally: to give (up); hence: = action by which deities suspend their commitment to humans, either temporarily or permanently
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מָגַן] vb. only Pi. deliver up, deliver (denom. fr. מָגֵן) base
