TBESH · H4043
מָגֵן · ma.gen · shield
shield, buckler
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ma.gen H4043
מָגֵן (ma.gen) means “shield” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מָגֵן Hebrew · H4043 63 tagged occurrences in 60 verses
Pronunciation guide: maw-gane' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from H1598 (גָּנַן); a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV glosses: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
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How translators render H4043
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shields | 7 |
| the shield | 5 |
| and shield | 4 |
| shield | 4 |
| is a shield | 3 |
| my shield | 3 |
| small shields | 3 |
| the shields | 3 |
| your shield | 3 |
| and my shield | 2 |
| and shields | 2 |
| our shield | 2 |
| their shields | 2 |
| with a shield | 2 |
| with shields | 2 |
| a shield | 1 |
| and a shield | 1 |
| and bucklers | 1 |
| and our shield | 1 |
| and the large | 1 |
| are a shield | 1 |
| he is a shield | 1 |
| he is my shield | 1 |
| he is the shield | 1 |
| of our shield | 1 |
| of scales are | 1 |
| the bucklers | 1 |
| their rulers | 1 |
| your shields small | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the shield | 8 |
| shields | 6 |
| a buckler | 3 |
| and shield | 3 |
| and their shield | 3 |
| a shield | 2 |
| and my shield | 2 |
| and shields | 2 |
| as an armed | 2 |
| me the shield | 2 |
| my shield | 2 |
| our shield | 2 |
| shield | 2 |
| all the shields | 1 |
| also the shields | 1 |
| and bucklers | 1 |
| and for shields | 1 |
| and our shield | 1 |
| both the shields | 1 |
| buckler | 1 |
| bucklers | 1 |
| for the shields | 1 |
| for there the shield | 1 |
| her rulers | 1 |
| it with shield | 1 |
| it with shields | 1 |
| my buckler | 1 |
| my defence | 1 |
| of his bucklers | 1 |
| of shield | 1 |
| our defence | 1 |
| scales | 1 |
| the shields | 1 |
| thy shield | 1 |
| was there a shield | 1 |
| with them all of them with shield | 1 |
| ye the buckler | 1 |
Verses containing H4043
Page 1 of 2. 60 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 15:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 33:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Read word by word - Judges 5:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 1:21
· BSB · 2 occurrences
O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 10:17
· BSB · 2 occurrences
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 14:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 14:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 19:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 5:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 9:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 12:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 12:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 14:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.7
- 2 Chronicles 17:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 23:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 26:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 32:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 32:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 4:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.10
- Job 15:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
Read word by word - Job 41:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.7
- Psalms 3:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.4
- Psalms 7:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.11
- Psalms 18:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.3
- Psalms 18:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.31
- Psalms 18:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.36
- Psalms 28:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Read word by word - Psalms 33:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Read word by word - Psalms 35:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
Read word by word - Psalms 47:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 47.10
- Psalms 59:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.12
- Psalms 76:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 76.4
- Psalms 84:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 84.10
- Psalms 84:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 84.12
- Psalms 89:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.19
- Psalms 115:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
Read word by word - Psalms 115:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
Read word by word - Psalms 115:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:114
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
Read word by word - Psalms 144:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Read word by word - Proverbs 2:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
Read word by word - Proverbs 6:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read word by word - Proverbs 24:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 4:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
Read word by word - Isaiah 21:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Read word by word - Isaiah 22:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
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