Strong’s H4043 · Hebrew
מָגֵן
mâgên · maw-gane'
Origin also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from גָּנַן (H1598);
Meaning a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
In the King James Version [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
In 60 verses of the King James Version
1–50 of 60
- Genesis 15:1After 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.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 10:17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 14:26And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 14:27And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
- 2 Kings 19:32Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
- 2 Chronicles 9:16And three hundred shields made he 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.
- 2 Chronicles 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- 2 Chronicles 12:10Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
- 2 Chronicles 14:8And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
- 2 Chronicles 17:17And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
- 2 Chronicles 23:9Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
- Nehemiah 4:16And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
- Job 15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
- Job 41:15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
- Psalms 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
- Psalms 7:10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
- Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
- Psalms 18:35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
- Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 33:20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
- Psalms 47:9The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
- Psalms 59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- Psalms 76:3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
- Psalms 84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
- Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Psalms 89:18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
- Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 115:10O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 115:11Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 119:114Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
- Psalms 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
- Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
- Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
- Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
- Song of Songs 4:4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
- Isaiah 21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
- Isaiah 22:6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.