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מָעוֹז (H4581)

mâʻôwz

maw-oze'

(also מָעוּז ); or מָעֹז (also מָעֻז; from עָזַז; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence; force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

מָעוֹז n.m. place or means of safety, protection

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


35 occurrences

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  • Psalms 60:7
    Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
  • Psalms 108:8
    Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
  • Proverbs 10:29
    The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
  • Isaiah 17:9
    In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
  • Isaiah 17:10
    Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
  • Isaiah 23:4
    Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
  • Isaiah 23:11
    He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
  • Isaiah 23:14
    Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
  • Isaiah 25:4
    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
  • Isaiah 27:5
    Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.