Shield
מָגֵןStrong’s H4043magen (ma-gen)
Appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Magen is the Hebrew word usually translated “shield”, “shield of” and “shields of”. It appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament.
“After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Meaning
- Shield, buckler
How it's translated
- a shield 13
- shield 9
- shield of 6
- shields of 5
- shield my 4
- shields 4
- and shield 4
- and shield their 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 19
- 2 Chronicles 9
- Ezekiel 5
- 2 Samuel 4
- Proverbs 4
- 1 Kings 3
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- 2 Samuel 1:21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 22:3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
- 2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
- 2 Samuel 22:36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
All 60 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָגֵן magen · shield
shield, buckler
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shield” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHIELD, verb transitive
- To cover, as with a shield; to cover from dasnger; to defend; to protect; to secure form assault or injury.
- To ward off; to defend against; as clothes shield one from the cold.
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.