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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4581

מָעוֹז

maozmaw-oze'

security

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

Concordance spelling: mâʻôwz

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4581is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 30
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4581

a fortified place; figuratively, a defence

The King James renders it: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).

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

maoz is rendered "security". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 6:26Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
  • The Greek text spells it thirty different ways.

The first use

Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

Judges 6:26הַמָּע֛וֹז

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

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's thirty-six uses are in Isaiah.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • a refuge4
  • place of refuge my2
  • protection of2
  • refuge his2
  • refuge of2
  • refuge your2
  • stronghold of2
  • strongholds2
  • and a stronghold1
  • and refuge of1
  • and stronghold my1
  • and to a protection1

and 14 more, 36 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.

מָעוֹןmaonhabitationUses18
מָעוֹגmaogbunUses2
מָעוּףmauphgloomUses1
מָעוֹרmaornakednessUses1

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

30 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

  • מָע֣וֹז4
  • מָע֥וֹז4
  • בְּמָע֣וֹז1
  • בְּמָעוֹז֙1
  • בְּמָעוּזִּ֔י1
  • הַמָּע֛וֹז1
  • הַמָּעוֹז֙1
  • וּלְמָע֖וֹז1
  • וּמָ֘ע֤וֹז1
  • וּמָע֖וֹז1
  • וּמָעֻזִּ֛י1
  • לְמָע֖וֹז1

and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa

Judges

one use
  • Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

    Judges 6:26

    • הַמָּע֛וֹזhamaozthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the place of refuge

2 Samuel

one use
  • God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

    2 Samuel 22:33

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

Nehemiah

one use
  • Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

    Nehemiah 8:10

    • מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃mauzekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: refuge your

Psalms

nine uses
  • The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

    Psalms 27:1

    • מָֽעוֹז־maoz-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: refuge of
  • The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

    Psalms 28:8

    • וּמָ֘ע֤וֹזumaozconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and refuge of
  • Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

    Psalms 31:2

    • מָ֭עוֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: refuge
  • You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.

    Psalms 31:4

    • מָֽעוּזִּֽי׃mauzinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: place of refuge my
  • The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

    Psalms 37:39

    • מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗םmauzamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: place of refuge their
  • For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

    Psalms 43:2

    • מָֽעוּזִּי֮mauzinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: refuge my
  • “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

    Psalms 52:7

    • מָֽע֫וּזּ֥וֹmauzonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
  • Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

    Psalms 60:7

    • מָע֣וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: protection of
  • Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

    Psalms 108:8

    • מָע֣וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: protection of

Proverbs

one use
  • The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

    Proverbs 10:29

    • מָע֣וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge

Isaiah

ten uses
  • In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

    Isaiah 17:9

    • מָעֻזּ֗וֹmauzonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
  • For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

    Isaiah 17:10

    • מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְmauzekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: refuge your
  • Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

    Isaiah 23:4

    • מָע֥וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stronghold of
  • The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

    Isaiah 23:11

    • מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃mauzneihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: strongholds its
  • Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

    Isaiah 23:14

    • מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ סmauzekhennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: stronghold your
  • For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

    Isaiah 25:4

    • מָע֥וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
    • מָע֥וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
  • Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”

    Isaiah 27:5

    • בְּמָעוּזִּ֔יbemauzipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on protection my
  • They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

    Isaiah 30:2

    • בְּמָע֣וֹזbemaozpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in refuge of
  • But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

    Isaiah 30:3

    • מָע֥וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: refuge of

Jeremiah

one use
  • O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

    Jeremiah 16:19

    • וּמָעֻזִּ֛יumauziconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and stronghold my

Ezekiel

two uses
  • And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,

    Ezekiel 24:25

    • מָ֣עוּזָּ֔םmauzamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: stronghold their
  • I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

    Ezekiel 30:15

    • מָע֣וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stronghold of

Daniel

seven uses
  • “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

    Daniel 11:1

    • וּלְמָע֖וֹזulemaozconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to a protection
  • But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

    Daniel 11:7

    • בְּמָעוֹז֙bemaozpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in stronghold of
  • But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

    Daniel 11:10

    • מָעֻזּֽוֹ׃mauzonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: stronghold his
  • After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

    Daniel 11:19

    • לְמָעוּזֵּ֖יlemauzeipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to strongholds of
  • His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

    Daniel 11:31

    • הַמָּעוֹז֙hamaozthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the stronghold
  • And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

    Daniel 11:38

    • מָֽעֻזִּ֔יםmauzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: strongholds
  • He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

    Daniel 11:39

    • מָֽעֻזִּים֙mauzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: strongholds

Joel

one use
  • The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

    Joel 3:16

    • וּמָע֖וֹזumaozconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a stronghold

Nahum

two uses
  • The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

    Nahum 1:7

    • לְמָע֖וֹזlemaozpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a refuge
  • You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

    Nahum 3:11

    • מָע֖וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge

The letters

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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.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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