King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4581
Transliteration: maoz or mauz or maoz or mauz
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-oze')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a place or means of safety, protection
Meaning: a place or means of safety, protection
Word Summary
maoz or mauz or maoz or mauz: a place or means of safety, protection
Original Word: מָעוֹזTransliteration: maoz or mauz or maoz or mauz
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-oze')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a place or means of safety, protection
Meaning: a place or means of safety, protection
Strong's Concordance
force, fortress, rock, strengthen, most strong hold (also mauwz {maw-ooz'}); or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from azaz; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence -- force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
see HEBREW azaz
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4581. maoz
or mauz or maoz or mauz מָעוֺז noun masculineJudges 6:26 place or means of safety, protection (ᵑ0 suffixes as if from עזז, but probably erroneous, compare BuhlLex 13 Ges§ 85k); — ׳מ absolute 6:26 +, construct Isaiah 30:2 +; suffix מָעוּזִי 2 Samuel 22:33 (but read הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי as "" Psalm 18:33), מָעוּזִּי 31:3 +, מָעֻזִּי Isaiah 27:5 +, מָעוּזּוֺ Psalm 52:9 +, מָעֻזֹּה Daniel 11:10, etc. (read probably מְעוֺזִּי, etc.); plural מָעֻזִּים 11:38; 11:39, suffix מָעֻזְּנֶיהָ Isaiah 23:11, read מָעֻזֶּיהָ (Ges§ 20o CheHeb.Hpt. and others; strike out dagesh forte in all, see above); —
1 literally place of safety Judges 6:26, hence (c. collateral idea of strength, as if from עזז = fastness Isaiah 23:11, 14 (in 23:14 CheHeb.Hpt. proposes מְחוֺזְכֶם your city), Ezekiel 24:25; 30:15; Daniel 11:7, 10, 19, הַמּ ׳הַמִּקְדָּשׁ 11:31, מָעֻזִּים מִבְצְרֵי 11:39; ׳מ הַיָּם i.e. harbour Isaiah 23:4, but strike out O1 Du CheHpt.; ׳מ מֵאוֺיֵב Nahum 3:11; compare מ ׳עָרֵי Isaiah 17:9.
2. a. figurative, of God (׳י) as refuge Nahum 1:7; Psalm 27:1; 31:5; 37:39; 52:9; Isaiah 25:4 (twice in verse); Joel 4:16, ׳י וּמְנוּסִי וּמָעֻזִּי עֻזִּי Jeremiah 16:19, ׳מ מְשִׁיחוֺ יְשׁוּעוֺת Psalm 28:8 ("" עָזֿ); so מ ׳צוּר Isaiah 17:10; Psalm 31:3, מ ׳אֱלֹהֵי 43:2; also בְּמָעֻזִּי יַחֲזֵק Isaiah 27:5 let him lay hold of my refuge (me as refuge); cf . י ׳חֶדְוַת מָעֻזְּכֶם הִיא Nehemiah 8:10, ׳מ י דֶּרֶךְ ׳לַתֹּם Proverbs 10:29.
b. of a heathen god, מָעֻזִּים אֱלוֺהַּ Daniel 11:38 (read מְחֹזִים cities CheIsaiah 23:1,Heb.Hpt.).
3 figurative of human protection, ׳מ מַּרְעֹה Isaiah 30:2-3,(both "" מִצְרַיִם צֵּל); מ ׳אֶפְרַיִם ראֹשִׁי Psalm 60:9 = 108:9, i.e. my helmet; also (of angel) Daniel 11:1 ("" מַחֲזִיק).
עֲוִיל see II. עול. below