King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4043
Transliteration: magen or meginnah
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-gane')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a shield
Meaning: a shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile
Word Summary
magen or meginnah: a shield
Original Word: מָגֵןTransliteration: magen or meginnah
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-gane')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a shield
Meaning: a shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile
Strong's Concordance
armed, buckler, defense, ruler, scale, shield Also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}; from ganan; a shield (i.e. The small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile -- X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
see HEBREW ganan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4043. magen
or meginnah מָגֵן noun masculine1 Kings 14:27, & feminine10:17, shield (Arabic , Aramaic מְגִנָּא, ) — מָגֵן Genesis 15:1 33t. (also construct Deuteronomy 33:29; Nahum 2:4); suffix מָגִנִּי Psalm 7:11 5t.; מָגִנֵּנוּ 33:20 3t.; מָגִנָּם 115:9; 115:10; 115:11; plural מָגִנִּים 1 Kings 10:17 6t.; מָגִנּוֺת2 Chronicles 23:9; construct מָגִנֵּי 1 Kings 14:26 4t.; suffix מָגִנָּיו Job 15:26; מָגִנֶּיהָ Hosea 4:18; — shield, buckler, carried by warrior for defence Judges 5:8; 2 Samuel 1:21 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33, 1 Chronicles 5:18; 14:7; 17:17; 23:9; 26:14; 1Chron 32:5; Nehemiah 4:10; Psalm 76:4; Jeremiah 46:3, 9; Ezekiel 23:24; 38:4-5, 39:9; Nahum 2:4; Isaiah 22:6; compare 21:5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also Psalm 35:2 (where ׳י figurative as warrior); מָגֵן אִישׁ = armed man Proverbs 6:11; 24:34; laid up for show, or as treasure 1 Kings 10:17 (twice in verse); 14:26-27, (= 2 Chronicles 9:16 (twice in verse); 12:9-10,) 32:27 compare Song of Solomon 4:4; Ezekiel 27:10; of scales of crocodile (leviathan) מָגִנִּים אֲפִיקֵי Job 41:7; figurative of wicked's defence against judgments of מָגִנָּיו גַבֵּי עֲבִי ׳י, 15:26; fig, of king Psalm 89:19 (compare Che); figurative of rulers of Ephraim Hosea 4:18; figurative of rulers of earth Psalm 47:10; figurative (very often) of ׳י, as defence of his servants, Psalm 3:4; 7:11 (read אל עָלַי ׳מָגִנִּי compare Che critical note) 18:3; 18:31; 18:36 (= 2 Samuel 22:3, 31, 36) Psalm 28:7; 33:20; 59:12; 84:10; 84:12; 115:9; 115:10; 115:11; 119:114; 144:2; Proverbs 2:7; 30:5, and see especially Genesis 15:1 (E).