H4581

מָעוֹז

ma.ozH:N-M

security

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.)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מָעוֺז noun masculine^{Judg 6:26} place or means of safety, protection (ᵑ0 suffixes as if from עזז, but probably erroneous, compare Buhl^{Lex 13} Ges^{«GKC:85k»§ 85k}); — ׳מ absolute Judg 6:26 +, construct Isa 30:2 +; suffix מָעוּזִי 2Sam 22:33 (but read הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי as || Ps 18:33), מָעוּזִּי Ps 31:3 +, מָעֻזִּי Isa 27:5 +, מָעוּזּוֺ Ps 52:9 +, מָעֻזֹּה Dan 11:10, etc. (read probably מְעוֺזִּי, etc.); plural מָעֻזִּים vDan 11:38 vDan 11:39, suffix מָעֻזְּנֶיהָ Isa 23:11, read מָעֻזֶּיהָ (Ges^{«GKC:20o»§ 20o} Che^Heb.Hpt. and others; strike out dagesh forte in all, see above); —

1. literally place of safety Judg 6:26, hence (c. collateral idea of strength, as if from עזז = fastness Isa 23:11; Isa 23:14 (in vIsa 23:14 Che^Heb.Hpt. proposes מְחוֺזְכֶם your city), Ezek 24:25; Ezek 30:15; Dan 11:7; Dan 11:10; Dan 11:19, ׳הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַמּ vDan 11:31, מִבְצְרֵי מָעֻזִּים vDan 11:39 הַיָּם ׳מ i.e. harbour Isa 23:4, but strike out O1 Du Che^Hpt.; מֵאוֺיֵב ׳מ Nah 3:11 compare ׳עָרֵי מ Isa 17:9.

2. a. figurative, of God (׳י) as refuge Nah 1:7; Ps 27:1; Ps 31:5; Ps 37:39; Ps 52:9; Isa 25:4 (twice in verse); Joel 4:16, עֻזִּי וּמָעֻזִּי וּמְנוּסִי ׳י Jer 16:19, יְשׁוּעוֺת מְשִׁיחוֺ ׳מ Ps 28:8 (|| עָזֿ); so ׳צוּר מ Isa 17:10; Ps 31:3, ׳אֱלֹהֵי מ Ps 43:2 also יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעֻזִּי Isa 27:5 let him lay hold of my refuge (me as refuge); cf . הִיא מָעֻזְּכֶם ׳חֶדְוַת י Neh 8:10, ׳לַתֹּם דֶּרֶךְ י ׳מ Prov 10:29.
b. of a heathen god, אֱלוֺהַּ מָעֻזִּים Dan 11:38 (read מְחֹזִים cities Che^{Isa 23:1,Heb.Hpt.}).

3. figurative of human protection, פַּרְעֹה ׳מ Isa 30:2; Isa 30:3 (both || צֵּל מִצְרַיִם); ראֹשִׁי ׳אֶפְרַיִם מ Ps 60:9 = Ps 108:9, i.e. my helmet; also (of angel) Dan 11:1 (|| מַחֲזִיק).

עֲוִיל see II. עול. below

28 occurrences

Judges (1), II Samuel (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (7), Nahum (2)