Strong's Hebrew · H4043
H4043 mâgên
מָגֵן
maw-gane'
shield
Looking for Greek G4043 peripatéō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4043. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mâgên appears 63 times in Scripture, including Genesis 15:1 and Deuteronomy 33:29. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
In the King James Version
× armed, buckler, defence, ruler, scale, shield.
Derivation
also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from H1598 (גָּנַן);
Appears 63 times in Scripture
“When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.”
“Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.””
“He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.”
“You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.”
“As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.”
“O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.”
“After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.””
“My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
