# H4581 מָעוֹז

מָעוֹז (mâʻôwz), Strong’s H4581: a fortified place; figuratively, a defence KJV: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).. Occurs 36 times.

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*mâʻôwz* — a fortified place; figuratively, a defence

KJV: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).

Derived from [עָזַז ʻâzaz](https://besorah.bible/word/H5810) (to be stout)

Occurs 36 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָעוֹז n.m. place or means of safety, protection

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 6:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=26) — Then build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull…
- [2 Samuel 22:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=33) — God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.
- [Isaiah 17:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=9) — In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were…
- [Isaiah 17:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=10) — For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you…
- [Isaiah 23:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=4) — Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth…
- [Isaiah 23:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=11) — He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of…
- [Isaiah 23:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=14) — Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
- [Isaiah 25:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/25?v=4) — For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade…
- [Isaiah 27:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/27?v=5) — Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
- [Isaiah 30:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=2) — who set out to go down into Egypt without asking for my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh…