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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H4581 — מָעוֹז
ma.oz · security · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Judges 6:26 · הַמָּע֛וֹזand build an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down.2 Samuel 22:33 · מָעוּזִּ֖יGod is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way.Nehemiah 8:10 · מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.Psalm 27:1 · מָֽעוֹז־A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?Psalm 28:8 · וּמָ֘ע֤וֹזJehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.Psalm 31:2 · מָ֭עוֹזBow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.Psalm 31:4 · מָֽעוּזִּֽי׃Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.Psalm 37:39 · מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗םBut the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.Psalm 43:2 · מָֽעוּזִּי֮For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?Psalm 52:7 · מָֽע֫וּזּ֥וֹLo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.Psalm 60:7 · מָע֣וֹזGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.Psalm 108:8 · מָע֣וֹזGilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.Proverbs 10:29 · מָע֣וֹזThe way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.Isaiah 17:9 · מָעֻזּ֗וֹIn that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.Isaiah 17:10 · מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְFor thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.Isaiah 23:4 · מָע֥וֹזBe thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.Isaiah 23:11 · מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.Isaiah 23:14 · מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ סHowl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.Isaiah 25:4 · מָע֥וֹז · מָע֥וֹזFor thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.Isaiah 27:5 · בְּמָעוּזִּ֔יOr else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, let him make peace with me.Isaiah 30:2 · בְּמָע֣וֹזthat set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!Isaiah 30:3 · מָע֥וֹזTherefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.Jeremiah 16:19 · וּמָעֻזִּ֛יO Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, even vanity and things wherein there is no profit.Daniel 11:1 · וּלְמָע֖וֹזAnd as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.Daniel 11:7 · בְּמָעוֹז֙But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.Daniel 11:10 · מָעֻזּֽוֹ׃And his sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.Daniel 11:19 · לְמָעוּזֵּ֖יThen he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.Daniel 11:31 · הַמָּעוֹז֙And forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual burnt-offering, and they shall set up the abomination that maketh desolate.Daniel 11:38 · מָֽעֻזִּ֔יםBut in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.Daniel 11:39 · מָֽעֻזִּים֙And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whosoever acknowledgeth him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.Nahum 1:7 · לְמָע֖וֹזJehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.Nahum 3:11 · מָע֖וֹזThou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.