Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4043

מָגֵן

ma.gen · “shield”

Used 63 times across 18 books

Definition

shield, buckler

Where it appears

Genesis

1

Deuteronomy

1

Judges

1

2 Samuel

5

1 Kings

4

2 Kings

1

1 Chronicles

1

2 Chronicles

10

Nehemiah

1

Job

2

Psalms

19

Proverbs

4

Song of Solomon

1

Isaiah

3

Jeremiah

2

Ezekiel

5

Hosea

1

Nahum

1

In the text

Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.2 Samuel 22:3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.2 Samuel 22:36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.1 Kings 10:17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.1 Kings 14:26And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.1 Kings 14:27And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.

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