מָגֵן
mâgên · maw-gane'
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Lexicon
Derivation: also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from H1598 (גָּנַן);
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
- a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler)
- figuratively, a protector
- also, the scaly hide of the crocodile
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָגֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
63 occurrences · 63 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the shield8 · 16%
- shields6 · 12%
- he is a buckler3 · 6%
- and shield3 · 6%
- and their shield3 · 6%
- me the shield2 · 4%
- shield2 · 4%
- and shields2 · 4%
- and my shield2 · 4%
- our shield2 · 4%
- as an armed2 · 4%
- i am thy shield1 · 2%
- was there a shield1 · 2%
- for there the shield1 · 2%
- he is my shield1 · 2%
- all the shields1 · 2%
- it with shield1 · 2%
- buckler1 · 2%
- also the shields1 · 2%
- and bucklers1 · 2%
- and for shields1 · 2%
- the shields1 · 2%
- of his bucklers1 · 2%
- his scales1 · 2%
- art a shield1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.