מָגֵן
ma.gen
shield
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Occurrences in Scripture
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After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
Deuteronomy 33:29You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
Judges 5:8They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
2 Samuel 1:21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 1:21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 22:3God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
2 Samuel 22:36You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.
1 Kings 10:17he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:17he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 14:26and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
1 Kings 14:27King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
2 Kings 19:32“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
1 Chronicles 5:18The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty, that were able to go out to war.
2 Chronicles 9:16He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 9:16He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:10King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
2 Chronicles 14:8Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 17:17From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
2 Chronicles 23:9Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in God’s house.
2 Chronicles 26:14Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
2 Chronicles 32:5He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
2 Chronicles 32:27Hezekiah had exceedingly much riches and honor. He provided himself with treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of valuable vessels;
Nehemiah 4:16From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Job 15:26he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
Job 41:15Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
Psalms 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psalms 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psalms 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
Psalms 28:7Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
Psalms 33:20Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
Psalms 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
Psalms 47:9The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
Psalms 59:11Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
Psalms 76:3There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.
Psalms 84:9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
Psalms 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Psalms 89:18For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 115:9Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:10House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:11You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Psalms 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
Proverbs 2:7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Proverbs 6:11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
Proverbs 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.