To deliver
מָגַןStrong’s H4042magan (ma-gan)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Magan is the Hebrew word usually translated “has delivered”, “give you” and “deliver up you”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to deliver up, give, deliver
How it's translated
- he has delivered 1
- she will give you 1
- will i deliver up you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Proverbs 1
- Hosea 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 4:9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
- Hosea 11:8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Hebrew dictionary
מָגַן magan · to deliver
(Piel) to deliver up, give, deliver
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deliver” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DELIVER, verb transitive
[Latin Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.]
- To free; to release, as from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to deliver one from captivity.
- To rescue, or save.“DELIVER me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked” Psalms 17:13
- To give, or transfer; to put into anothers hand or power; to commit; to pass from one to another.“Thou shalt deliver Pharoahs cup into his hand” Genesis 40:13
- To surrender; to yield; to give up; to resign; as, to deliver a fortress to an enemy.
All definitions and other forms of “deliver”
- To disbuden of a child.
- To utter; to pronounce; to speak; to send forth in words; as, to deliver a sermon, an address, or an oration.
- To exert in motion.
- To surrender or resign; to put into anothers power; to commit to the discretion of; to abandon to.“DELIVER me not over to the will of my enemies” Psalms 27:12
DELIVER, adjective
Free; nimble.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.