מָגֵן

מָגֵן noun masculine^{1 Kong 14,27}, & feminine^{1 Kong 10,17}, shield (Arabic , Aramaic מְגִנָּא, ) — מָגֵן 1 Mos 15,1 + 33 t. (also construct 5 Mos 33,29; Nah 2,4); suffix מָגִנִּי Sl 7,11 + 5 t.; מָגִנֵּנוּ Sl 33,20 + 3 t.; מָגִנָּם Sl 115,9; Sl 115,10; Sl 115,11 plural מָגִנִּים 1 Kong 10,17 + 6 t.; מָגִנּוֺת 2 Kron 23,9 construct מָגִנֵּי 1 Kong 14,26 + 4 t.; suffix מָגִנָּיו Job 15,26 מָגִנֶּיהָ Hos 4,18 — shield, buckler, carried by warrior for defence Dom 5,8; 2 Sam 1,21 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 19,32 = Es 14,7; Es 17,17; Es 23,9; Es 26,14; Es 32,5; Neh 4,10; Sl 76,4; Jer 46,3; Jer 46,9; Ezk 23,24; Ezk 38,4; Ezk 38,5; Ezk 39,9; Nah 2,4; Es 22,6 compare Es 21,5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also Sl 35,2 (where ׳י figurative as warrior); אִישׁ מָגֵן = armed man Ord 6,11; Ord 24,34 laid up for show, or as treasure 1 Kong 10,17 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 14,26; 1 Kong 14,27 (= 2 Kron 9,16 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 12,9; 2 Kron 12,10) 2 Kron 32,27 compare Hoj 4,4; Ezk 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 Sl 89,19 (compare Che); figurative of rulers of Ephraim Hos 4,18 figurative of rulers of earth Sl 47,10 figurative (very often) of ׳י, as defence of his servants, Sl 3,4; Sl 7,11 (read ׳מָגִנִּי עָלַי אל compare Che critical note) Sl 18,3; Sl 18,31; Sl 18,36 (= 2 Sam 22,3; 2 Sam 22,31; 2 Sam 22,36) Sl 28,7; Sl 33,20; Sl 59,12; Sl 84,10; Sl 84,12; Sl 115,9; Sl 115,10; Sl 115,11; Sl 119,114; Sl 144,2; Ord 2,7; Ord 30,5, and see especially 1 Mos 15,1 (E).