מָעוֹז
mâʻôwz · maw-oze'
a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
Lexicon
Derivation: (also מָעוּז ); or מָעֹז (also מָעֻז; from H5810 (עָזַז);
a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
- a fortified place
- figuratively, a defence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָעוֹז 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- strength2 · 7%
- of my strength2 · 7%
- also is the strength2 · 7%
- of this rock1 · 4%
- is my strength1 · 4%
- is your strength1 · 4%
- is the strength1 · 4%
- be thou my strong1 · 4%
- for me: for thou art my strength1 · 4%
- he is their strength1 · 4%
- his strength1 · 4%
- is strength1 · 4%
- shall his strong1 · 4%
- of thy strength1 · 4%
- even the strength1 · 4%
- the strong1 · 4%
- holds1 · 4%
- for your strength1 · 4%
- for thou hast been a strength1 · 4%
- a strength1 · 4%
- themselves in the strength1 · 4%
- therefore shall the strength1 · 4%
- and my fortress1 · 4%
- from them their strength1 · 4%
- the strength1 · 4%
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.