# H4043 מָגֵן

מָגֵן (mâgên), Strong’s H4043: a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile KJV: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale…

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

KJV: [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

Derived from [גָּנַן gânan](https://besorah.bible/word/H1598) (to hedge about)

Occurs 63 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָגֵן n.m. & f. shield

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 15:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=1) — After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your…
- [Deuteronomy 33:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/33?v=29) — You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, the sword of your…
- [Judges 5:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/5?v=8) — They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- [2 Samuel 1:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/1?v=21) — You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; for there the shield of the…
- [2 Samuel 22:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=3) — God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior…
- [2 Samuel 22:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=31) — As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- [2 Samuel 22:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=36) — You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.
- [1 Kings 10:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=17) — He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the…
- [1 Kings 14:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/14?v=26) — and he took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it…
- [1 Kings 14:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/14?v=27) — King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who…