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
32 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 6:26 · הַמָּע֛וֹזThen 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.”2 Samuel 22:33 · מָעוּזִּ֖יGod is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.Nehemiah 8:10 · מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃Then 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.”Psalm 27:1 · מָֽעוֹז־Of 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?Psalm 28:8 · וּמָ֘ע֤וֹזThe LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.Psalm 31:2 · מָ֭עוֹזIncline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.Psalm 31:4 · מָֽעוּזִּֽי׃You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.Psalm 37:39 · מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗םThe salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.Psalm 43:2 · מָֽעוּזִּי֮For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?Psalm 52:7 · מָֽע֫וּזּ֥וֹ“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”Psalm 60:7 · מָע֣וֹזGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.Psalm 108:8 · מָע֣וֹזGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.Proverbs 10:29 · מָע֣וֹזThe way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.Isaiah 17:9 · מָעֻזּ֗וֹIn that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.Isaiah 17:10 · מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְFor 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—Isaiah 23:4 · מָע֥וֹזBe 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.”Isaiah 23:11 · מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃The 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.Isaiah 23:14 · מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ סWail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!Isaiah 25:4 · מָע֥וֹז · מָע֥וֹזFor 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,Isaiah 27:5 · בְּמָעוּזִּ֔יOr let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”Isaiah 30:2 · בְּמָע֣וֹזThey 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.Isaiah 30:3 · מָע֥וֹזBut Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.Jeremiah 16:19 · וּמָעֻזִּ֛יO 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.Daniel 11:1 · וּלְמָע֖וֹז“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.Daniel 11:7 · בְּמָעוֹז֙But 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.Daniel 11:10 · מָעֻזּֽוֹ׃But 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.Daniel 11:19 · לְמָעוּזֵּ֖יAfter this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.Daniel 11:31 · הַמָּעוֹז֙His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.Daniel 11:38 · מָֽעֻזִּ֔יםAnd in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.Daniel 11:39 · מָֽעֻזִּים֙He 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.Nahum 1:7 · לְמָע֖וֹזThe LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.Nahum 3:11 · מָע֖וֹזYou too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.