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Strong's H4043 מָגֵן (magen)

Magen means “buckler” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4043 — peripateo (“go”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4043
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 60
Books 18

Strong's H4043 Quick Answer

Strong's H4043 מָגֵן מְגִנָּה (magen) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. magen (maw-gane') (also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}) n-m. 1. a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) 2. (figuratively) a protector It has 60 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include shield, shields, buckler, also, and one. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
magen (maw-gane') (also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}) n-m. 1. a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) 2. (figuratively) a protector
Usage
60 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
shield, shields, buckler, also, and one

Meaning and Definition

magen (maw-gane') (also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}) n-m. 1. a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) 2. (figuratively) a protector 3. also the scaly hide of the crocodile [from H1598] KJV: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield. Root(s): H1598

Original Word
מָגֵן מְגִנָּה
Transliteration
magen
Derivation
Root: גנן First root strongs: 1598
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4043. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4043 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render magen, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

shield Deuteronomy 33:29 30× shields 1 Kings 14:26 13× buckler 2 Samuel 22:31 also 2 Samuel 22:36 One Psalms 89:18 am Genesis 15:1 bucklers Job 15:26

How Strong's H4043 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 60 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4043 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4043 in the Old Testament

60 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 15:1 KJV

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Deuteronomy 33:29 KJV

Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Judges 5:8 KJV

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Usage Excerpts

First 60 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4043.

Genesis 15:1 Old Testament, KJV
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Deuteronomy 33:29 Old Testament, KJV
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Judges 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
2 Samuel 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:31 Old Testament, KJV
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
2 Samuel 22:36 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
1 Kings 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
1 Kings 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
2 Kings 19:32 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
1 Chronicles 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
2 Chronicles 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
2 Chronicles 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
2 Chronicles 17:17 Old Testament, KJV
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
2 Chronicles 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
2 Chronicles 32:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
2 Chronicles 32:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
Nehemiah 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Job 15:26 Old Testament, KJV
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Job 41:15 Old Testament, KJV
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Psalms 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalms 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Psalms 18:2 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms 18:30 Old Testament, KJV
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalms 18:35 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Psalms 28:7 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalms 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Psalms 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Psalms 47:9 Old Testament, KJV
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Psalms 59:11 Old Testament, KJV
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 76:3 Old Testament, KJV
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Psalms 84:9 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Psalms 84:11 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 89:18 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Psalms 115:9 Old Testament, KJV
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:10 Old Testament, KJV
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:11 Old Testament, KJV
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 119:114 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Psalms 144:2 Old Testament, KJV
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Proverbs 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34 Old Testament, KJV
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Song of Solomon 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Isaiah 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Isaiah 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 37:33 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Jeremiah 46:3 Old Testament, KJV
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Jeremiah 46:9 Old Testament, KJV
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Ezekiel 23:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
Ezekiel 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Ezekiel 38:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Ezekiel 38:5 Old Testament, KJV
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ezekiel 39:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
Hosea 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Nahum 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4043, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 9 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 19 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4043 FAQ

What does magen (מָגֵן) mean?

Magen (Strong's H4043) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "buckler". magen (maw-gane') (also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}) n-m. 1. a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) 2. (figuratively) a protector

How many times is magen (מָגֵן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 60 linked usages for Strong's H4043 across 18 books.

Where can I study magen (מָגֵן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4043 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate magen (מָגֵן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shield, shields, buckler, also, one, and am. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.