Mâʻôwz — H4581

Definition

masculine noun

a fortified place; figuratively, a defence

1. place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold
1. place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold
2. refuge (of God) (fig.)
3. human protection (fig.)

Usually translated as

strength, fortress, strong, fort, rock, strengthen, force

Origin

(also mâʻûwz ); or mâʻôz (also mâʻuz; from H5810

• Derived from ʻâzaz (H5810)

Greek equivalents

• andrízomai (G407)
• ischyrós (G2478)
• stásis (G4714)

Occurrences

Mâʻôwz occurs 36 times in 35 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (9), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (7), Joel (1), Nahum (2)

• Judges 6:26 — And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock (הַמָּע֛וֹז), 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 (מָעוּזִּ֖י) 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 (מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם).
• Psalms 28:8 — The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength (וּמָ֘ע֤וֹז) of his anointed.
• Psalms 31:2 — Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong (מָ֭עוֹז) 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 (מָֽעוּזִּֽי).
• Psalms 37:39 — But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength (מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗ם) in the time of trouble.
• Psalms 43:2 — For thou art the God of my strength (מָֽעוּזִּי֮): 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 (מָֽע֫וּזּ֥וֹ); 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 (מָע֣וֹז) of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
• Psalms 108:8 — Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength (מָע֣וֹז) of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
• Proverbs 10:29 — The way of the LORD is strength (מָע֣וֹז) to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
• Isaiah 17:9 — In that day shall his strong (מָעֻזּ֗וֹ) 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 (מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ), 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 (מָע֥וֹז) 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 (מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ) strong holds thereof.
• Isaiah 23:14 — Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength (מָעֻזְּכֶֽן) is laid waste.
• Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength (מָע֥וֹז) 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 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength (מָע֥וֹז) 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 (בְּמָעוּזִּ֔י), that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
• Isaiah 30:2 — That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength (בְּמָע֣וֹז) of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
• Isaiah 30:3 — Therefore shall the strength (מָע֥וֹז) of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress (וּמָעֻזִּ֛י), and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Ezekiel 24:25 — Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength (מָ֣עוּזָּ֔ם), the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
• Ezekiel 30:15 — And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength (מָע֣וֹז) of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
• Daniel 11:1 — Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen (וּלְמָע֖וֹז) him.
• Daniel 11:7 — But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress (בְּמָעוֹז֙) of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
• Daniel 11:10 — But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress (מָעֻזּֽוֹ).
• Daniel 11:19 — Then he shall turn his face toward the fort (לְמָעוּזֵּ֖י) of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
• Daniel 11:31 — And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength (הַמָּעוֹז֙), and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
• Daniel 11:38 — But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces (מָֽעֻזִּ֔ים): and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
• Daniel 11:39 — Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (מָֽעֻזִּים֙) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
• Joel 3:16 — The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength (וּמָע֖וֹז) of the children of Israel.
• Nahum 1:7 — The LORD is good, a (לְמָע֖וֹז) strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
• Nahum 3:11 — Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength (מָע֖וֹז) because of the enemy.