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 39Old Testament books
- 30spellings
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
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.
The words it stands beside
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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- מָ֭עוֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: refuge
You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.”
- 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.
- מָע֣וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: protection of
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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—
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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!
- 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,
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- לְמָע֖וֹזlemaozpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a refuge
You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
- מָע֖וֹזmaoznoun · masculine singulartagged: a refuge
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.
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.
