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Lexicon :: Strong's H4581 - māʿôz

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מָעוֹז
Transliteration
māʿôz
Pronunciation
maw-oze'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1578a

Strong’s Definitions

מָעוֹז mâʻôwz, maw-oze'; (also מָעוּז mâʻûwz ); or מָעֹז mâʻôz (also מָעֻז mâʻuz; from H5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence:—force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (× most) strong (hold).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H4581 in the following manner: strength (24x), strong (4x), fortress (3x), hold (2x), forces (1x), fort (1x), rock (1x), strengthen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H4581 in the following manner: strength (24x), strong (4x), fortress (3x), hold (2x), forces (1x), fort (1x), rock (1x), strengthen (1x).
  1. place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold

    1. place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold

    2. refuge (of God) (fig.)

    3. human protection (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָעוֹז mâʻôwz, maw-oze'; (also מָעוּז mâʻûwz ); or מָעֹז mâʻôz (also מָעֻז mâʻuz; from H5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence:—force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (× most) strong (hold).
STRONGS H4581: Abbreviations
מָעוֺז noun masculineJudges 6:26 place or means of safety, protection (MT suffixes as if from עזז, but probably erroneous, compare BuhlLex 13 Ges§ 85 k); — מ׳ absolute Judges 6:26 +, construct Isaiah 30:2 +; suffix מָעוּזִי 2 Samuel 22:33 (but read הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי as || Psalm 18:33), מָעוּזִּי Psalm 31:3 +, מָעֻזִּי Isaiah 27:5 +, מָעוּזּוֺ Psalm 52:9 +, מָעֻזֹּה Daniel 11:10, etc. (read probably מְעוֺזִּי, etc.); plural מָעֻזִּים Daniel 11:38; Daniel 11:39, suffix מָעֻזְּנֶיהָ Isaiah 23:11, read מָעֻזֶּיהָ (Ges§ 20 o CheHeb. Hpt. and others; strike out dagesh forte in all, see above); —
1. literally place of safety Judges 6:26, hence (with the collateral idea of strength, as if from עזז = fastness Isaiah 23:11, 14 (in Isaiah 23:14 CheHeb. Hpt. proposes מְחוֺזְכֶם your city), Ezekiel 24:25; Ezekiel 30:15; Daniel 11:7, 10, 19, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַמּ׳ Daniel 11:31, מִבְצְרֵי מָעֻזִּים Daniel 11:39; הַיָּם מ׳ i.e. harbour Isaiah 23:4, but strike out Ol Du CheHpt.; מֵאוֺיֵב מ׳ Nahum 3:11; compare עָרֵי מ׳ Isaiah 17:9.
2.
a. figurative, of God (י׳) as refuge Nahum 1:7; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 31:5; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 52:9; Isaiah 25:4 (twice in verse); Joel 4:16 [Joel 3:16], עֻזִּי וּמָעֻזִּי וּמְנוּסִי י׳ Jeremiah 16:19, יְשׁוּעוֺת מְשִׁיחוֺ מ׳ Psalm 28:8 (|| עָזֿ); so צוּר מ׳ Isaiah 17:10; Psalm 31:3, אֱלֹהֵי מ׳ Psalm 43:2; also יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעֻזִּי Isaiah 27:5 let him lay hold of my refuge (me as refuge); compare הִיא מָעֻזְּכֶם חֶדְוַת י׳ Nehemiah 8:10, לַתֹּם דֶּרֶךְ י׳ מ׳ Proverbs 10:29.
b. of a heathen god, אֱלוֺהַּ מָעֻזִּים Daniel 11:38 (read מְחֹזִים cities CheIsaiah 23:1, Heb. Hpt.).
3. figurative of human protection, פַּרְעֹה מ׳ Isaiah 30:2, 3 (both || צֵּל מִצְרַיִם); ראֹשִׁי אֶפְרַיִם מ׳ Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9, i.e. my helmet; also (of angel) Daniel 11:1 (|| מַחֲזִיק).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

6:26; 6:26; 6:26

2 Samuel

22:33

Nehemiah

8:10

Psalms

18:33; 27:1; 28:8; 31:3; 31:3; 31:5; 37:39; 43:2; 52:9; 52:9; 60:9; 108:9

Proverbs

10:29

Isaiah

17:9; 17:10; 23:1; 23:4; 23:11; 23:11; 23:14; 23:14; 25:4; 27:5; 27:5; 30:2; 30:2; 30:3

Jeremiah

16:19

Ezekiel

24:25; 30:15

Daniel

11:1; 11:7; 11:10; 11:10; 11:19; 11:31; 11:38; 11:38; 11:39; 11:39

Joel

3:16

Nahum

1:7; 3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4581 matches the Hebrew מָעוֹז (māʿôz),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold H4581 in an orderly manner, and take the second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:33 -

“God is my strong fortress H4581;

And He [fn]sets the [fn]blameless in [fn]His way.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength H4581.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 -

Of David.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Yahweh is the [fn]strong H4581 defense H4581 of my life;

Whom shall I dread?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:8 -

Yahweh is [fn]their strength,

And He is a [fn]strong H4581 defense H4581 of salvation to His anointed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 -

Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;

Be to me a rock of [fn]strength H4581,

A fortress to save me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 -

You will bring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,

For You are my strength H4581.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 -

Tav

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength H4581 in time of distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 -

For You are the God of my strength H4581; why have You rejected me?

Why do I go mourning [fn]because of the oppression of the enemy?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 -

“Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength H4581,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches

And was strong in his destruction.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 -

“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim also is the [fn]helmet H4581 of My head;

Judah is My [fn]scepter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 -

“Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim also is the [fn]helmet H4581 of My head;

Judah is My [fn]scepter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 -

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold H4581 to the one with integrity,

But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:9 -

In that day [fn]their strong H4581 cities will be like [fn]forsaken places in the forest,

Or like [fn]branches which they forsook before the sons of Israel;

And [fn]the land will be a desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 -

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation

And have not remembered the rock of your strong H4581 defense H4581.

Therefore you plant delightful plants

And set them with vine branches of a strange god.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 -

Be ashamed, O Sidon;

For the sea speaks, the strong H4581 defense H4581 of the sea, saying,

“I have neither travailed nor given birth;

I have neither brought up choice men nor reared virgins.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:11 -

He has stretched His hand out over the sea;

He has made the kingdoms tremble;

Yahweh has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strong H4581 defenses H4581.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 -

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,

For your strong H4581 defense H4581 is destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For You have been a strong H4581 defense H4581 for the poor,

A strong H4581 defense H4581 for the needy in his distress,

A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;

For the breath of the ruthless

Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:5 -

“Or let him [fn]rely on My strong H4581 defense H4581,

Let him make peace with Me,

Let him make peace with Me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 -

Who go down to Egypt

But did not ask [fn]Me—

To find strength in the strong H4581 defense H4581 of Pharaoh

And to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 -

“Therefore the strong H4581 defense H4581 of Pharaoh will be your shame

And the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, your dishonor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 -

O Yahweh, my strength and my strong H4581 defense H4581,

And my refuge in the day of distress,

To You the nations will come

From the ends of the earth and say,

“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,

Futility and [fn]things of no profit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:25 -

‘Now as for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their strong H4581 defense H4581, the joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, and what lifts up their soul, their sons and their daughters,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15 -

“I will pour out My wrath on [fn]Sin,

The strong H4581 defense H4581 of Egypt;

I will also cut off the multitude of [fn]Thebes.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:1 -

“Now I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, [fn]I stood to strengthen and to be a fortress H4581 for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “But one of the [fn]descendants of her line will stand in his place, and he will come against their military force and enter the fortress H4581 of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:10 -

“And his sons will wage war. So they will gather a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, that he may [fn]again wage war up to his very fortress H4581.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:19 - “So he will turn his face toward the fortresses H4581 of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be found no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “Mighty forces from him will stand, profane the sanctuary fortress H4581, and abolish the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination [fn]of desolation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:38 - “But [fn]instead he will honor a god of fortresses H4581, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones, and desirable things.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “And he will take action against the strongest H4581 of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to [fn]those who recognize him and will cause them to rule over the many and will apportion land for a price.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 -

And Yahweh roars from Zion

And gives forth His voice from Jerusalem,

And the heavens and the earth quake.

But Yahweh is a refuge for His people

And a strong H4581 defense H4581 to the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7 -

Teth

Yahweh is good,

A strong H4581 defense H4581 in the day of distress,

Yodh

And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:11 -

You too will become drunk;

You will be hidden.

You too will search for a strong H4581 defense H4581 from the enemy.

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