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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4043

מָגֵן

magenmaw-gane'

shield

63 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mâgên

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4043is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 40
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4043

a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile

The King James renders it: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

magen is rendered "shield". It stands 63 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Nineteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:1After 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.”
  • The Greek text spells it forty different ways.

The first use

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.”

Genesis 15:1מָגֵ֣ן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • a shield11
  • shield7
  • shield of6
  • shields of5
  • and shield4
  • shield my4
  • shields4
  • and shield their3
  • the shield3
  • and shield my2
  • of a shield2
  • shield our2

and 9 more, 63 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 63, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

40 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מָגֵ֣ן8
  • וּמָגִנָּ֣ם3
  • מָגֵ֥ן3
  • מָגֵ֤ן3
  • מָגֵ֔ן3
  • מָגֵֽן׃ פ3
  • הַמָּגֵ֣ן2
  • מָגֵן֙2
  • מָֽגִנִּ֥י2
  • מָגִנֵּ֣י2
  • מָגִנֵּ֖י2
  • מָֽגִנִּים֙2

and 28 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular19HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular5HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singular4HNcbsc/Sp1ms
  • noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine plural3HNcbsc/Sp1mp
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
  • adjective · masculine singular2HAamsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singular2HC/Ncbsc/Sp1ms
  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HAampc

Genesis

one use
  • 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.”

    Genesis 15:1

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield

Deuteronomy

one use
  • 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.”

    Deuteronomy 33:29

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shield of

Judges

one use
  • When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

    Judges 5:8

    • מָגֵ֤ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield

2 Samuel

five uses
  • 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.

    2 Samuel 1:21

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shield of
    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shield of
  • 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.

    2 Samuel 22:3

    • מָגִנִּ֞יmagininoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singulartagged: shield my
  • 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.

    2 Samuel 22:31

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield
  • You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

    2 Samuel 22:36

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shield of

1 Kings

four uses
  • 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.

    1 Kings 10:17

    • מָֽגִנִּים֙maginimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: shields
    • הַמָּגֵ֣ןhamagenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the shield
  • He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

    1 Kings 14:26

    • מָגִנֵּ֣יmagineinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shields of
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    1 Kings 14:27

    • מָגִנֵּ֖יmagineinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shields of

2 Kings

one use
  • So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

    2 Kings 19:32

    • מָגֵ֔ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield

1 Chronicles

one use
  • The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.

    1 Chronicles 5:18

    • מָגֵ֤ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: of shield

2 Chronicles

ten uses
  • He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

    2 Chronicles 9:16

    • מָֽגִנִּים֙maginimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: shields
    • הַמָּגֵ֣ןhamagenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the shield
  • So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

    2 Chronicles 12:9

    • מָגִנֵּ֣יmagineinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shields of
  • Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    2 Chronicles 12:10

    • מָגִנֵּ֖יmagineinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shields of
  • Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.

    2 Chronicles 14:8

    • מָגֵן֙magennoun · masculine singulartagged: of a shield
  • From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;

    2 Chronicles 17:17

    • וּמָגֵ֖ןumagenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and shield
  • Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.

    2 Chronicles 23:9

    • הַמָּגִנּוֹת֙hamaginotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the shields
  • Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

    2 Chronicles 26:14

    • מָגִנִּ֤יםmaginimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: shields
  • Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

    2 Chronicles 32:5

    • וּמָגִנִּֽים׃umaginimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and shields
  • Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

    2 Chronicles 32:27

    • וּלְמָ֣גִנִּ֔יםulemaginimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and for shields

Nehemiah

one use
  • And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah

    Nehemiah 4:16

    • הַמָּגִנִּ֔יםhamaginimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the shields

Job

two uses
  • rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

    Job 15:26

    • מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃maginavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: shields his
  • His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.

    Job 41:15

    • מָֽגִנִּ֑יםmaginimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: shields

Psalms

nineteen uses
  • But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

    Psalms 3:3

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield
  • My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

    Psalms 7:10

    • מָֽגִנִּ֥יmagininoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singulartagged: shield my
  • The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

    Psalms 18:2

    • מָֽגִנִּ֥יmagininoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singulartagged: shield my
  • 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.

    Psalms 18:30

    • מָגֵ֥ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield
  • You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

    Psalms 18:35

    • מָגֵ֪ןmagennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shield of
  • The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

    Psalms 28:7

    • וּמָגִנִּי֮umaginiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singulartagged: and shield my
  • Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

    Psalms 33:20

    • וּמָגִנֵּ֣נוּumaginenuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluraltagged: and shield our
  • Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

    Psalms 35:2

    • מָגֵ֣ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

    Psalms 47:9

    • מָֽגִנֵּי־maginei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shields of
  • Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

    Psalms 59:11

    • מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּmaginenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluraltagged: O shield our
  • There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

    Psalms 76:3

    • מָגֵ֬ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

    Psalms 84:9

    • מָ֭גִנֵּנוּmaginenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluraltagged: shield our
  • For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

    Psalms 84:11

    • וּמָגֵן֮umagenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a shield
  • Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

    Psalms 89:18

    • מָֽגִנֵּ֑נוּmaginenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluraltagged: shield our
  • O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

    Psalms 115:9

    • וּמָגִנָּ֣םumaginamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and shield their
  • O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

    Psalms 115:10

    • וּמָגִנָּ֣םumaginamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and shield their
  • You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

    Psalms 115:11

    • וּמָגִנָּ֣םumaginamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and shield their
  • You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

    Psalms 119:114

    • וּמָגִנִּ֣יumaginiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singulartagged: and shield my
  • He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

    Psalms 144:2

    • מָ֭גִנִּיmagininoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singulartagged: shield my

Proverbs

four uses
  • He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

    Proverbs 2:7

    • מָ֝גֵ֗ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield
  • and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

    Proverbs 6:11

    • מָגֵֽן׃ פmagenadjective · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

    Proverbs 24:34

    • מָגֵֽן׃ פmagenadjective · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

    Proverbs 30:5

    • מָגֵ֥ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

    Song of Solomon 4:4

    • הַמָּגֵן֙hamagenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the shield

Isaiah

three uses
  • They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

    Isaiah 21:5

    • מָגֵֽן׃ פmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield
  • Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

    Isaiah 22:6

    • מָגֵֽן׃magennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield
  • So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

    Isaiah 37:33

    • מָגֵ֔ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: a shield

Jeremiah

two uses
  • “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

    Jeremiah 46:3

    • מָגֵן֙magennoun · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

    Jeremiah 46:9

    • מָגֵ֔ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: of a shield

Ezekiel

five uses
  • They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.

    Ezekiel 23:24

    • וּמָגֵן֙umagenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and shield
  • Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.

    Ezekiel 27:10

    • מָגֵ֤ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.

    Ezekiel 38:4

    • וּמָגֵ֔ןumagenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and shield
  • Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,

    Ezekiel 38:5

    • מָגֵ֥ןmagennoun · masculine singulartagged: shield
  • Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

    Ezekiel 39:9

    • וּמָגֵ֤ןumagenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and shield

Hosea

one use
  • When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

    Hosea 4:18

    • מָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃magineihaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: shields its

Nahum

one use
  • The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.

    Nahum 2:3

    • מָגֵ֨ןmagennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shield of

The letters

Gematria 93· 743 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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