מָגֵן
mâgên
Meaning
“shield”
BDB shield, buckler
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18 books · uncommon
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First appears: Genesis 15:1
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מָגֵן
8 books
Genesis 15:1
מָגֵ֣ן
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
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Deuteronomy 33:29
מָגֵ֣ן
Happy are you, Israel: Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, The shield of your help, The sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you; You shall tread on their high places.
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1 Kings 10:17
מָֽגִנִּים֙ הַ/מָּגֵ֣ן
[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.
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2 Kings 19:32
מָגֵ֔ן
Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
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1 Chronicles 5:18
מָגֵ֤ן
The sons of Reuben, and 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 and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
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2 Chronicles 9:16
מָֽגִנִּים֙ הַ/מָּגֵ֣ן
[he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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Ezekiel 23:24
וּ/מָגֵן֙
They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
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Hosea 4:18
מָגִנֶּֽי/הָ
Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
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