Security
מָעוֹזStrong’s H4581maoz (ma-oz)
Appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maoz is the Hebrew word usually translated “refuge”, “place of refuge my” and “refuge your”. It appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament.
“Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.”
Meaning
- Place or means of safety, protection, refuge, strongholdplace of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold · refuge (of God) (fig.) · human protection (fig.)
How it's translated
- a refuge 5
- place of refuge my 2
- refuge your 2
- refuge of 2
- refuge his 2
- protection of 2
- stronghold of 2
- strongholds 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 9
- Isaiah 9
- Daniel 7
- Ezekiel 2
- Nahum 2
- Judges 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:7In contextBut out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
- Daniel 11:10In contextBut his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
- Daniel 11:19In contextThen he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- Daniel 11:31In contextAnd arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
- Daniel 11:38In contextBut in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- Daniel 11:39In contextThus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Hebrew dictionary
מָעוֹז maoz · security
1) place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold 1a) place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold 1b) refuge (of God) (fig.) 1c) human protection (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “security” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SECU'RITY, noun.
[Latin securitas.]
- Protection; effectual defense or saftey from danger of any kind; as a chain of forts erected for the security of the frontiers.
- That which protects or guards from danger.
- Freedom from fear or apprehension; confidence of safety; whence, negligence in providing means of defense.
- Safety; certainty.
All definitions
- Anything given or deposited to secure the payment of a debt, or the performance of a contract; as a bond with surety, a mortgage, the indorsement of a responsible man, a pledge, etc.
- Something given or done to secure peace or good behavior.
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.