Strong H4581מָעוֹז

security

Transliteration: mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz
Pronunciation: {maw-oze'} {maw-ooz'} {maw-oze'} maw-ooz'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H5810; a fortified place; figuratively a defence: - {force} fort ({-ress}) {rock} strength ({-en}) (X most) strong (hold).

Detailed definition

STEP sense: security

Exact lexical definition: place of safety

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: מָעוֹז n.m . place or means of safety , protection

In the Bible

Strong H4581 appears in 35 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

strength23
fortress3
hold2
strong2
force1
fort1
rock1
shall1
strengthen1
thou1

First verses

Judges 6:26
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
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
Nehemiah 8:10
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
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
The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Psalms 31:2
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
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Psalms 37:39
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms 43:2
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
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
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms 108:8
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 17:9
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
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
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
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
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isaiah 25:4
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
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.