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Strong's H4581 מָעוֹז (maoz)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4581 — seleukeia (“Seleucia”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4581
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 35
Books 11

Strong's H4581 Quick Answer

Strong's H4581 מָעוֹז מָעוּז מָעוֹז מָעוּז (ma`owz) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ma`owz (maw-oze') (also mauwz {maw-ooz'} or mahoz {maw-oze'}, also ma,uz {maw-ooz'};) n-m. 1. a fortified place 2. (figuratively) a defence It has 35 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include also, place, and defence. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ma`owz (maw-oze') (also mauwz {maw-ooz'} or mahoz {maw-oze'}, also ma,uz {maw-ooz'};) n-m. 1. a fortified place 2. (figuratively) a defence
Usage
35 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
also, place, and defence

Meaning and Definition

ma`owz (maw-oze') (also mauwz {maw-ooz'} or mahoz {maw-oze'}, also ma,uz {maw-ooz'};) n-m. 1. a fortified place 2. (figuratively) a defence [from H5810] KJV: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold). Root(s): H5810

Original Word
מָעוֹז מָעוּז מָעוֹז מָעוּז
Transliteration
ma`owz
Derivation
Root: עזז First root strongs: 5810
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4581. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

security

Usage: 1) place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold 1a) place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold 1b) refuge (of God) (fig.) 1c) human protection (fig.)

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How Strong's H4581 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ma`owz, 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.

also Psalms 60:7 place Judges 6:26 defence Psalms 31:2

How Strong's H4581 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 35 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4581 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 H4581 in the Old Testament

35 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Judges 6:26 KJV

And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

2 Samuel 22:33 KJV

God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

Nehemiah 8:10 KJV

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Usage Excerpts

First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4581.

Judges 6:26 Old Testament, KJV
And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
2 Samuel 22:33 Old Testament, KJV
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
Nehemiah 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Psalms 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Psalms 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Psalms 37:39 Old Testament, KJV
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms 43:2 Old Testament, KJV
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 52:7 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms 60:7 Old Testament, KJV
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms 108:8 Old Testament, KJV
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Proverbs 10:29 Old Testament, KJV
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 17:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isaiah 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Isaiah 30:2 Old Testament, KJV
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Jeremiah 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Ezekiel 24:25 Old Testament, KJV
Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
Ezekiel 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
Daniel 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
Daniel 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
Daniel 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
Daniel 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
Daniel 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Daniel 11:38 Old Testament, KJV
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Daniel 11:39 Old Testament, KJV
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Joel 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Nahum 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Nahum 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4581, grouped by book.

Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 9 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 7 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4581 FAQ

What does maoz (מָעוֹז) mean?

Maoz (Strong's H4581) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "force". ma`owz (maw-oze') (also mauwz {maw-ooz'} or mahoz {maw-oze'}, also ma,uz {maw-ooz'};) n-m. 1. a fortified place 2. (figuratively) a defence

How many times is maoz (מָעוֹז) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's H4581 across 11 books.

Where can I study maoz (מָעוֹז) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4581 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate maoz (מָעוֹז)?

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