Strong's Definition
(also mauwz {maw-ooz'}); or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV Usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָעוֹז (ma.oz) — security. 1) place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold 1a) place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold 1b) refuge (of God) (fig.) 1c) human protection (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · עזז · עוז
Fortifications
stronghold = a location that is considered secure because of its natural location, or because of the presence of human made fortifications, such as walls, towers, ramparts, etc.; ≈ associated with protection and security and often used as an epithet for God
JDG 6:26 · ISA 17:9 · ISA 23:4 · ISA 23:11 · ISA 23:14 · EZK 30:15 · DAN 11:7 · DAN 11:10 · DAN 11:19 · DAN 11:31 · DAN 11:38 · DAN 11:39
Confident
stronghold, refuge literally: a stronghold; hence: = a person, deity, place or condition that provides confidence and drives our fear
2SA 22:33 · NEH 8:10 · PSA 27:1 · PSA 28:8 · PSA 31:3 · PSA 31:5 · PSA 37:39 · PSA 43:2 · PSA 52:9 · PSA 71:3 · PRO 10:29 · ISA 17:10 · ISA 25:4 · ISA 25:4 · ISA 27:5 · ISA 30:2 · ISA 30:3 · JER 16:19 · EZK 24:25 · DAN 11:1 · JOL 4:16 · NAM 1:7 · NAM 3:11
1 PSA 71:3 RSV NIV NRSV REB ESV "refuge" NJB "sheltering" GNT "secure" CEV "mighty" | MT מָעֹון 2 DAN 11:10 MT-K מעזה | MT-Q מָעֻזֹּו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָעוֹז n.m. place or means of safety, protection base