מָעוֹז (ma.oz) means “security” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: maw-oze' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מָעוֹז · ma.oz · 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.)
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(also מָעוּז ); or מָעֹז (also מָעֻז; from H5810 (עָזַז); a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV glosses: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).
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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 |
|---|---|
| a stronghold | 4 |
| fortress | 2 |
| is my helmet | 2 |
| protection | 2 |
| the stronghold | 2 |
| a refuge | 1 |
| and my fortress | 1 |
| and protect | 1 |
| are my refuge | 1 |
| far as his fortress | 1 |
| he is their stronghold | 1 |
| his fortress | 1 |
| his refuge | 1 |
| is a refuge | 1 |
| is the stronghold | 1 |
| of fortresses | 1 |
| of my refuge | 1 |
| of refuge | 1 |
| of your refuge | 1 |
| refuge | 1 |
| stronghold | 1 |
| the strongholds | 1 |
| their strong | 1 |
| their stronghold | 1 |
| to my protection | 1 |
| toward the fortresses | 1 |
| your harbor | 1 |
| your strength | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the strength | 5 |
| strength | 3 |
| my strength | 2 |
| of my strength | 2 |
| a strength | 1 |
| a strong hold | 1 |
| and my fortress | 1 |
| and the strength | 1 |
| and to strengthen | 1 |
| be thou my strong | 1 |
| for thou hast been a strength | 1 |
| for your strength | 1 |
| from them their strength | 1 |
| his strength | 1 |
| holds | 1 |
| in the most strong | 1 |
| into the fortress | 1 |
| is your strength | 1 |
| of forces | 1 |
| of strength | 1 |
| of this rock | 1 |
| of thy strength | 1 |
| shall his strong | 1 |
| the strong | 1 |
| their strength | 1 |
| themselves in the strength | 1 |
| therefore shall the strength | 1 |
| to his fortress | 1 |
| toward the fort | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 35 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
Read word by wordGod is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
Read word by wordThen Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Read word by wordOf David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
Read word by wordThe LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
Read word by wordIncline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.3
You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.5
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
Read word by wordFor You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
Read word by word“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 52.9
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 60.9
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 108.9
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
Read word by wordIn that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
Read word by wordFor you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
Read word by wordBe ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
Read word by wordThe LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
Read word by wordWail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
Read word by wordFor You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Read word by wordOr let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
Read word by wordThey set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
Read word by wordBut Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
Read word by wordO LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Read word by wordAnd you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
Read word by wordI will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.
Read word by word“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
Read word by wordBut one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
Read word by wordBut his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
Read word by wordAfter this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
Read word by wordHis forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
Read word by wordAnd in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
Read word by wordHe will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
Read word by wordThe LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.16
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
Read word by wordYou too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
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