Limitless Word
מָגֵןmâgên/maw-gane'/
HebrewH404363 occurrences (KJV)

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

KJV renders it: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

Where it appears(showing the first 60 of 63)

  • Gen 15:1After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
  • Deut 33:29You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
  • Judg 5:8They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
  • 2 Sam 1:21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
  • 2 Sam 22:3God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
  • 2 Sam 22:31As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
  • 2 Sam 22:36You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.
  • 1 Kgs 10:17he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
  • 1 Kgs 14:26and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
  • 1 Kgs 14:27King Rehoboam made shields of brass in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
  • 2 Kgs 19:32“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
  • 1 Chr 5:18The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty, that were able to go out to war.
  • 2 Chr 9:16He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
  • 2 Chr 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
  • 2 Chr 12:10King Rehoboam made shields of brass in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
  • 2 Chr 14:8Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.
  • 2 Chr 17:17From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
  • 2 Chr 23:9Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in God’s house.
  • 2 Chr 26:14Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
  • 2 Chr 32:5He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
  • 2 Chr 32:27Hezekiah had exceedingly much riches and honor. He provided himself with treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of valuable vessels;
  • Neh 4:16From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
  • Job 15:26he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
  • Job 41:15Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
  • Ps 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
  • Ps 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
  • Ps 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
  • Ps 18:30As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
  • Ps 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
  • Ps 28:7Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
  • Ps 33:20Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
  • Ps 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
  • Ps 47:9The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
  • Ps 59:11Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
  • Ps 76:3There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
  • Ps 84:9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
  • Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
  • Ps 89:18For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
  • Ps 115:9Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 115:10House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 115:11You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
  • Ps 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
  • Prov 2:7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
  • Prov 6:11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
  • Prov 24:34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Prov 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
  • Song 4:4Your neck is like David’s tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
  • Isa 21:5They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
  • Isa 22:6Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
  • Isa 37:33Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
  • Jer 46:3“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
  • Jer 46:9Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
  • Ezek 23:24They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you with buckler, shield, and helmet all around. I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their judgments.
  • Ezek 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they showed your beauty.
  • Ezek 38:4and I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
  • Ezek 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
  • Ezek 39:9Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go out, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
  • Hos 4:18Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
  • Nah 2:3The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.