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Lexicon :: Strong's H4043 - māḡēn

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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 BoxJdg 5:8 - They chose H977 new H2319 gods; H430 then was war H3901 in the gates: H8179 was there a shield H4043 or spear H7420 seen H7200 among forty H705 thousand H505 in Israel? H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - The God H430 of my rock; H6697 in him will I trust: H2620 he is my shield, H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 my high tower, H4869 and my refuge, H4498 my saviour; H3467 thou savest H3467 me from violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for God, H410 his way H1870 is perfect; H8549 the word H565 of the LORD H3068 is tried: H6884 he is a buckler H4043 to all them that trust H2620 in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - Thou hast also given H5414 me the shield H4043 of thy salvation: H3468 and thy gentleness H6031 H6038 hath made me great. H7235

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made three H7969 hundred H3967 shields H4043 of beaten H7820 gold; H2091 three H7969 pound H4488 of gold H2091 went H5927 to one H259 shield: H4043 and the king H4428 put H5414 them in the house H1004 of the forest H3293 of Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:26 - And he took away H3947 the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and the treasures H214 of the king's H4428 house; H1004 he even took away H3947 all: and he took away H3947 all the shields H4043 of gold H2091 which Solomon H8010 had made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - And king H4428 Rehoboam H7346 made H6213 in their stead brasen H5178 shields, H4043 and committed H6485 them unto the hands H3027 of the chief H8269 of the guard, H7323 which kept H8104 the door H6607 of the king's H4428 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:32 - Therefore thus saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 He shall not come H935 into this city, H5892 nor shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there, nor come before H6923 it with shield, H4043 nor cast H8210 a bank H5550 against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons H1121 of Reuben, H7205 and the Gadites, H1425 and half H2677 the tribe H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 of valiant men, H2428 men H582 able to bear H5375 buckler H4043 and sword, H2719 and to shoot H1869 with bow, H7198 and skilful H3925 in war, H4421 were four H702 and forty H705 thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 and threescore, H8346 that went out H3318 to the war. H6635

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And three H7969 hundred H3967 shields H4043 made he of beaten H7820 gold: H2091 three H7969 hundred H3967 shekels of gold H2091 went H5927 to one H259 shield. H4043 And the king H4428 put H5414 them in the house H1004 of the forest H3293 of Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - So Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came up H5927 against Jerusalem, H3389 and took away H3947 the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and the treasures H214 of the king's H4428 house; H1004 he took H3947 all: he carried away H3947 also the shields H4043 of gold H2091 which Solomon H8010 had made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Instead of which king H4428 Rehoboam H7346 made H6213 shields H4043 of brass, H5178 and committed H6485 them to the hands H3027 of the chief H8269 of the guard, H7323 that kept H8104 the entrance H6607 of the king's H4428 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And Asa H609 had an army H2428 of men that bare H5375 targets H6793 and spears, H7420 out of Judah H3063 three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand; H505 and out of Benjamin, H1144 that bare H5375 shields H4043 and drew H1869 bows, H7198 two hundred H3967 and fourscore H8084 thousand: H505 all these were mighty men H1368 of valour. H2428

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - And of Benjamin; H1144 Eliada H450 a mighty man H1368 of valour, H2428 and with him armed men H5401 with bow H7198 and shield H4043 two hundred H3967 thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Moreover Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 delivered H5414 to the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 spears, H2595 and bucklers, H4043 and shields, H7982 that had been king H4428 David's, H1732 which were in the house H1004 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - And Uzziah H5818 prepared H3559 for them throughout all the host H6635 shields, H4043 and spears, H7420 and helmets, H3553 and habergeons, H8302 and bows, H7198 and slings H7050 to cast stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - Also he strengthened H2388 himself, and built up H1129 all the wall H2346 that was broken, H6555 and raised it up H5927 to the towers, H4026 and another H312 wall H2346 without, H2351 and repaired H2388 Millo H4407 in the city H5892 of David, H1732 and made H6213 darts H7973 and shields H4043 in abundance. H7230

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - And Hezekiah H3169 had exceeding H3966 much H7235 riches H6239 and honour: H3519 and he made H6213 himself treasuries H214 for silver, H3701 and for gold, H2091 and for precious H3368 stones, H68 and for spices, H1314 and for shields, H4043 and for all manner of pleasant H2532 jewels; H3627

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And it came to pass from that time H3117 forth, that the half H2677 of my servants H5288 wrought H6213 in the work, H4399 and the other half H2677 of them held H2388 both the spears, H7420 the shields, H4043 and the bows, H7198 and the habergeons; H8302 and the rulers H8269 were behind H310 all the house H1004 of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - He runneth H7323 upon him, even on his neck, H6677 upon the thick H5672 bosses H1354 of his bucklers: H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:15 - His scales H4043 H650 are his pride, H1346 shut up together H5462 as with a close H6862 seal. H2368

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3 - But thou, O LORD, H3068 art a shield H4043 for me; my glory, H3519 and the lifter up H7311 of mine head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10 - My defence H4043 is of God, H430 which saveth H3467 the upright H3477 in heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD H3068 is my rock, H5553 and my fortress, H4686 and my deliverer; H6403 my God, H410 my strength, H6697 in whom I will trust; H2620 my buckler, H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 and my high tower. H4869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - As for God, H410 his way H1870 is perfect: H8549 the word H565 of the LORD H3068 is tried: H6884 he is a buckler H4043 to all those that trust H2620 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35 - Thou hast also given H5414 me the shield H4043 of thy salvation: H3468 and thy right hand H3225 hath holden me up, H5582 and thy gentleness H6037 hath made me great. H7235

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 - The LORD H3068 is my strength H5797 and my shield; H4043 my heart H3820 trusted H982 in him, and I am helped: H5826 therefore my heart H3820 greatly rejoiceth; H5937 and with my song H7892 will I praise H3034 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - Our soul H5315 waiteth H2442 for the LORD: H3068 he is our help H5828 and our shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 - Take hold H2388 of shield H4043 and buckler, H6793 and stand up H6965 for mine help. H5833

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9 - The princes H5081 of the people H5971 are gathered together, H622 even the people H5971 of the God H430 of Abraham: H85 for the shields H4043 of the earth H776 belong unto God: H430 he is greatly H3966 exalted. H5927

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Slay H2026 them not, lest my people H5971 forget: H7911 scatter H5128 them by thy power; H2428 and bring them down, H3381 O Lord H136 our shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There brake H7665 he the arrows H7565 of the bow, H7198 the shield, H4043 and the sword, H2719 and the battle. H4421 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:9 - Behold, H7200 O God H430 our shield, H4043 and look H5027 upon the face H6440 of thine anointed. H4899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 - For the LORD H3068 God H430 is a sun H8121 and shield: H4043 the LORD H3068 will give H5414 grace H2580 and glory: H3519 no good H2896 thing will he withhold H4513 from them that walk H1980 uprightly. H8549

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - For the LORD H3068 is our defence; H4043 and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 is our king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - O Israel, H3478 trust H982 thou in the LORD: H3068 he is their help H5828 and their shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10 - O house H1004 of Aaron, H175 trust H982 in the LORD: H3068 he is their help H5828 and their shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 - Ye that fear H3373 the LORD, H3068 trust H982 in the LORD: H3068 he is their help H5828 and their shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - Thou art my hiding place H5643 and my shield: H4043 I hope H3176 in thy word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:2 - My goodness, H2617 and my fortress; H4686 my high tower, H4869 and my deliverer; H6403 my shield, H4043 and he in whom I trust; H2620 who subdueth H7286 my people H5971 under me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:7 - He layeth up H6845 H6845 sound wisdom H8454 for the righteous: H3477 he is a buckler H4043 to them that walk H1980 uprightly. H8537

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11 - So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 as one that travelleth, H1980 and thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:34 - So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 as one that travelleth; H1980 and thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - Every word H565 of God H433 is pure: H6884 he is a shield H4043 unto them that put their trust H2620 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Thy neck H6677 is like the tower H4026 of David H1732 builded H1129 for an armoury, H8530 whereon there hang H8518 a thousand H505 bucklers, H4043 all shields H7982 of mighty men. H1368

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