Word Study · Strong's H4042 · Hebrew
מָגַן
magan
maw-gan'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâgan
“properly, to shield”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to shield; encompass with; figuratively, to rescue, to hand safely over (i.e. surrender)
Rendered in the KJV as
deliver.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- אֲמַגֶּנְךָ֙1
- מִגֵּ֥ן1
- תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- he has delivered1
- she will give you1
- will I deliver up? you1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi1cs/Sp2ms · 1
- HVpi3fs/Sp2ms · 1
- HVpp3ms · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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