Biblica Analytica
H4043 Hebrew

מָגֵן

ma.gen

shield

Lexicon Entry

Definition
shield
Transliteration
ma.gen
Strong's Number
H4043
Occurrences
63

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Strong's
H4043
Lemma
מָגֵן
Transliteration
ma.gen
Definition
shield
Occurrences
63
Model
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Occurrences in Scripture

63 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Genesis 15:1

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 33:29

You 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 5:8

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

2 Samuel 1:21

You 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 1:21

You 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 22:3

God 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 22:31

As 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 22:36

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.

1 Kings 10:17

he 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 10:17

he 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 14:26

and 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 14:27

King 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 5:18

The 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 9:16

He 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 9:16

He 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 12:9

So 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 12:10

King 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 14:8

Asa 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 17:17

From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

2 Chronicles 23:9

Jehoiada 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 26:14

Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.

2 Chronicles 32:5

He 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 32:27

Hezekiah 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 4:16

From 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 15:26

he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,

Job 41:15

Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

Psalms 3:3

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Psalms 7:10

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Psalms 18:2

Yahweh 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 18:30

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Psalms 18:35

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

Psalms 28:7

Yahweh 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 33:20

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

Psalms 35:2

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

Psalms 47:9

The 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 59:11

Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

Psalms 76:3

There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.

Psalms 84:9

Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

Psalms 84:11

For 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 89:18

For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 115:9

Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Psalms 115:10

House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Psalms 115:11

You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Psalms 119:114

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Psalms 144:2

my 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 2:7

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Proverbs 6:11

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

Proverbs 24:34

so 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.