H4043 - מָגֵן (mâgên)

H4043 מָגֵן (mâgên) maw-gane'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shield

Strong's Definition

a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile

Derivation: also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from H1598 (גָּנַן);

KJV Usage: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

TWOT Reference: 367c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) shield, buckler

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G484 G996 G2375 G2900 G3696

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

shield, buckler

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְגִנָּה / מָגֵן mâgên / meginnâh BDB Definition: 1) shield, buckler Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1598 Same Word by TWOT Number: 367c Total KJV Occurrences: 63

Bible Occurrences (59)

15:1

33:29

5:8

1:21 22:3 22:31 22:36

10:17 14:26 14:27

19:32

5:18

9:16 12:9 12:10 14:8 17:17 23:9 26:14 32:5 32:27

4:16

15:26 41:15

3:3 7:10 18:2 18:30 18:35 28:7 33:20 35:2 47:9 59:11 76:3 84:9 84:11 89:18 115:9 115:10 115:11 119:114 144:2

2:7 6:11 24:34 30:5

21:5 22:6 37:33

46:3 46:9

23:24 27:10 38:4 38:5 39:9

4:18

2:3

Genesis 15:1

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:... Do not be afraid, Abram. I [am] your shield, your very great reward.

Deuteronomy 33:29

Blessed [are] you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.

Judges 5:8

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

2 Samuel 1:21

O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew... or rain, no fields [yielding] offerings [of grain]. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 22:3

My God [is] my rock, in whom I take refuge..., my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:31

[As for] God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

2 Samuel 22:36

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

1 Kings 10:17

[He also made] three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.