# מָגֵן (magen)

Israeli respelling: ma-gen. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4043. 60 Old Testament occurrences.

a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile

King James renderings: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/magen-h4043

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 15:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/15/1) — 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 rewa…
- [Deuteronomy 33:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/33/29) — 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…
- [Judges 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/8) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/21) — 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 migh…
- [2 Samuel 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/3) — 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 save…
- [2 Samuel 22:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/31) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/36) — Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
- [1 Kings 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/17) — 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…
- [1 Kings 14:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/26) — 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…
- [1 Kings 14:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/27) — 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 t…
- [2 Kings 19:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/32) — 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 i…
- [1 Chronicles 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/18) — 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…
- [2 Chronicles 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/16) — 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 t…
- [2 Chronicles 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/12/9) — 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 h…
- [2 Chronicles 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/12/10) — 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…
- [2 Chronicles 14:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/8) — 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 dr…
- [2 Chronicles 17:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/17/17) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/23/9) — Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which wer…
- [2 Chronicles 26:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/26/14) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/5) — 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 repa…
- [2 Chronicles 32:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/27) — And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and fo…
- [Nehemiah 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/16) — 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…
- [Job 15:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/26) — He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
- [Job 41:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/15) — His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
- [Psalms 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/3/3) — But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
- [Psalms 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/7/10) — My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
- [Psalms 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/2) — 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…
- [Psalms 18:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/30) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/35) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/28/7) — 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 wil…
- [Psalms 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/33/20) — Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
- [Psalms 35:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/2) — Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
- [Psalms 47:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/47/9) — 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…
- [Psalms 59:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/59/11) — Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- [Psalms 76:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/76/3) — There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
- [Psalms 84:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/84/9) — Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
- [Psalms 84:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/84/11) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/18) — For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
- [Psalms 115:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/115/9) — O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- [Psalms 115:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/115/10) — O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- [Psalms 115:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/115/11) — Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- [Psalms 119:114](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/114) — Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
- [Psalms 144:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/144/2) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/2/7) — He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
- [Proverbs 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/11) — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
- [Proverbs 24:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/34) — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
- [Proverbs 30:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/5) — Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
- [Song of Solomon 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/4) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/5) — Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
- [Isaiah 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/6) — And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
- [Isaiah 37:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/37/33) — 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 i…
- [Jeremiah 46:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/3) — Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
- [Jeremiah 46:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/9) — 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 t…
- [Ezekiel 23:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/24) — And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler an…
- [Ezekiel 27:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/10) — 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 com…
- [Ezekiel 38:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/38/4) — 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 c…
- [Ezekiel 38:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/38/5) — Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
- [Ezekiel 39:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/9) — 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,…
- [Hosea 4:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/18) — Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
- [Nahum 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/3) — 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 prep…