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Lexicon :: Strong's H4043 - māḡēn

Aa
מָגֵן
Transliteration
māḡēn
Pronunciation
maw-gane'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 367c

Strong’s Definitions

מָגֵן mâgên, maw-gane'; also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה mᵉginnâh; from H1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile:—× armed, buckler, defence, ruler, scale, shield.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H4043 in the following manner: shield (48x), buckler (9x), armed (2x), defence (2x), rulers (1x), scales (with H650) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H4043 in the following manner: shield (48x), buckler (9x), armed (2x), defence (2x), rulers (1x), scales (with H650) (1x).

  1. shield, buckler

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָגֵן mâgên, maw-gane'; also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה mᵉginnâh; from H1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile:—× armed, buckler, defence, ruler, scale, shield.
STRONGS H4043: Abbreviations
† מָגֵן noun masculine 1 Kings 14:27, & feminine 1 Kings 10:17, shield (Arabic bdb017104, Aramaic מְגִנָּא, bdb017105) — מָגֵן Genesis 15:1 + 33 times (also construct Deuteronomy 33:29; Nahum 2:4); suffix מָגִנִּי Psalm 7:11 + 5 times; מָגִנֵּנוּ Psalm 33:20 + 3 times; מָגִנָּם Psalm 115:9; Psalm 115:10; Psalm 115:11; plural מָגִנִּים 1 Kings 10:17 + 6 times; מָגִנּוֺת 2 Chronicles 23:9; construct מָגִנֵּי 1 Kings 14:26 + 4 times; suffix מָגִנָּיו Job 15:26; מָגִנֶּיהָ Hosea 4:18; — shield, buckler, carried by warrior for defence Judges 5:8; 2 Samuel 1:21 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33, 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 14:7; 1 Chronicles 17:17; 1 Chronicles 23:9; 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 4:10; Psalm 76:4; Jeremiah 46:3, 9; Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 38:4, 5; Ezekiel 39:9; Nahum 2:4; Isaiah 22:6; compare Isaiah 21:5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also Psalm 35:2 (where י׳ figurative as warrior); אִישׁ מָגֵן = armed man Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 24:34; laid up for show, or as treasure 1 Kings 10:17 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 14:26, 27 (= 2 Chronicles 9:16 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 12:9, 10) 2 Chronicles 32:27 compare Songs 4:4; Ezekiel 27:10; of scales of crocodile (leviathan) אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים Job 41:7; figurative of wicked's defence against judgments of י׳, עֲבִי גַבֵּי מָגִנָּיו Job 15:26; fig, of king Psalm 89:19 (compare Che); figurative of rulers of Ephraim Hosea 4:18; figurative of rulers of earth Psalm 47:10; figurative (very often) of י׳, as defence of his servants, Psalm 3:4; Psalm 7:11 (read מָגִנִּי עָלַי אל׳ compare Che critical note) Psalm 18:3; Psalm 18:31; Psalm 18:36 (= 2 Samuel 22:3, 31, 36) Psalm 28:7; Psalm 33:20; Psalm 59:12; Psalm 84:10; Psalm 84:12; Psalm 115:9; Psalm 115:10; Psalm 115:11; Psalm 119:114; Psalm 144:2; Proverbs 2:7; Proverbs 30:5, and see especially Genesis 15:1 (E).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:1; 15:1

Deuteronomy

33:29

Judges

5:8

2 Samuel

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

1 Kings

10:17; 10:17; 10:17; 14:26; 14:26; 14:27; 14:27

2 Kings

19:32

1 Chronicles

5:18; 14:7; 17:17; 23:9; 26:14

2 Chronicles

9:16; 12:9; 12:10; 23:9; 32:27

Nehemiah

4:10

Job

15:26; 15:26; 41:7

Psalms

3:4; 7:11; 7:11; 18:3; 18:31; 18:36; 28:7; 33:20; 33:20; 35:2; 47:10; 59:12; 76:4; 84:10; 84:12; 89:19; 115:9; 115:9; 115:10; 115:10; 115:11; 115:11; 119:114; 144:2

Proverbs

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

Song of Songs

4:4

Isaiah

21:5; 22:6; 37:33

Jeremiah

46:3; 46:9

Ezekiel

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

Hosea

4:18; 4:18

Nahum

2:4; 2:4

H4043

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Strong's Number H4043 matches the Hebrew מָגֵן (māḡēn),
which occurs 63 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 15:1–Isa 22:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, you fields of death: for there the arms of the strong have been shamed, the arms of Saul, as if he had not been marked with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:26 - And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's and which were kept in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 - His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3 - But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10 - God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35 - You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 - The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 - Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9 - The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:9 - O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 - The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10 - O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 - You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:2 - He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:7 - He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11 - Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:34 - So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Your neck is like the tower of David made for a store-house of arms, in which a thousand breastplates are hanging, breastplates for fighting-men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5 - They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.

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