ὑπερἀσπίζω
protect, shield
Where this word appears
Every passage where ὑπερἀσπίζω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 14 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 15:1 ὑπερἀσπίζω And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great.
- Deuteronomy 33:29 ὑπερἀσπίζω Blessed are you, O Israel; who is like to you, O people saved by the Lord? your helper shall hold his shield over you, and his sword is your boast; and your enemies shall speak falsely to you, and you shall tread upon their neck.
- 2 Kings 19:34 ὑπερἀσπίζω And I will defend this city as with a shield, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- 2 Kings 20:6 ὑπερἀσπίζω And I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant's David sake.
- Psalms 19:2 ὑπερἀσπίζω Send you help from the sanctuary, and aid you out of Sion.
- Proverbs 2:7 ὑπερἀσπίζω and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;
- Proverbs 4:9 ὑπερἀσπίζω that it may give to your head a crown of graces, and may cover you with a crown of delight.
- Proverbs 30:5 ὑπερἀσπίζω For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.
- Isaiah 31:5 ὑπερἀσπίζω As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver.
- Isaiah 37:35 ὑπερἀσπίζω I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- Isaiah 38:6 ὑπερἀσπίζω And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians: and I will defend this city.
- Hosea 11:8 ὑπερἀσπίζω How shall I deal with you, Ephraim? how shall I protect you, Israel? what shall I do with you? I will make you as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
- Zechariah 9:15 ὑπερἀσπίζω The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as the altar.
- Zechariah 12:8 ὑπερἀσπίζω And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
About this word
About this word
ὑπερἀσπίζω (hyperaspízō), “protect, shield,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 14 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →