Quick Definition
covering
Strong's Definition
a covering (in a bad sense), i.e. blindness or obduracy
Derivation: from H4042 (מָגַן);
KJV Usage: sorrow. See also H4043 (מָגֵן).
TWOT Reference: 367d
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) covering
1a) covering, obstinacy, blindness (of the heart)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מְגִנָּה (me.gin.nah) — covering. 1) covering 1a) covering, obstinacy, blindness (of the heart)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · מגן
Unwilling | Unable
Collocation: מְגִנַּת לֵב
covering meaning unsure, possibly: = state in which humans are unwilling or unable to think about something
1 LAM 3:65 RSV ESV "dullness of heart" NIV "a veil over (their) heart" NJB "hardness of heart" REB "hard ... heart" | NJPS NRSV "anguish of heart" GNT "despair" | CEV "make them suffer"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מְגִנָּה] n.f. covering, La 3:65 ref