Lexical Definition

‎מָגֵן‎ mâgên (maw-gane') shield ^H:N-M
also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה mᵉginnâh (meg-in-naw'); from ‎גָּנַן‎

[idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

• a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler)
• figuratively, a protector
• also the scaly hide of the crocodile

1) shield, buckler

See Greek: ἀντίληψις · βοήθεια · θυρεός · κραταιός · ὅπλον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָגֵן‎ noun masculine^{1Kgs 14:27}, & feminine^{1Kgs 10:17}, shield (Arabic , Aramaic ‎מְגִנָּא‎, ) — ‎מָגֵן‎ Gen 15:1 + 33 t. (also construct Deut 33:29; Nah 2:4*); suffix ‎מָגִנִּי‎ Ps 7:11* + 5 t.; ‎מָגִנֵּנוּ‎ Ps 33:20 + 3 t.; ‎מָגִנָּם‎ Ps 115:9; Ps 115:10; Ps 115:11 plural ‎מָגִנִּים‎ 1Kgs 10:17 + 6 t.; ‎מָגִנּוֺת‎ 2Chr 23:9 construct ‎מָגִנֵּי‎ 1Kgs 14:26 + 4 t.; suffix ‎מָגִנָּיו‎ Job 15:26 ‎מָגִנֶּיהָ‎ Hos 4:18 — shield, buckler, carried by warrior for defence Judg 5:8; 2Sam 1:21 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 19:32 = Isa 14:7; Isa 17:17; Isa 23:9; Isa 26:14; Isa 32:5; Neh 4:10*; Ps 76:4*; Jer 46:3; Jer 46:9; Ezek 23:24; Ezek 38:4; Ezek 38:5; Ezek 39:9; Nah 2:4*; Isa 22:6 compare Isa 21:5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also Ps 35:2 (where ‎׳‎‎י‎ figurative as warrior); ‎אִישׁ מָגֵן‎ = armed man Prov 6:11; Prov 24:34 laid up for show, or as treasure 1Kgs 10:17 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 14:26; 1Kgs 14:27 (= 2Chr 9:16 (twice in verse); 2Chr 12:9; 2Chr 12:10) 2Chr 32:27 compare Song 4:4; Ezek 27:10 of scales of crocodile (leviathan) ‎אֲפִיקֵי‎ ‎מָגִנִּים‎ Job 41:7* figurative of wicked's defence against judgments of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎עֲבִי גַבֵּי מָגִנָּיו‎ Job 15:26 fig, of king Ps 89:19* (compare Che); figurative of rulers of Ephraim Hos 4:18 figurative of rulers of earth Ps 47:10* figurative (very often) of ‎׳‎‎י‎, as defence of his servants, Ps 3:4*; Ps 7:11* (read ‎׳‎‎מָגִנִּי עָלַי אל‎ compare Che critical note) Ps 18:3*; Ps 18:31*; Ps 18:36* (= 2Sam 22:3; 2Sam 22:31; 2Sam 22:36) Ps 28:7; Ps 33:20; Ps 59:12*; Ps 84:10*; Ps 84:12*; Ps 115:9; Ps 115:10; Ps 115:11; Ps 119:114; Ps 144:2; Prov 2:7; Prov 30:5, and see especially Gen 15:1 (E).

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