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māgēn מָגֵן ‘shield’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gānan גָּנַן ‘to defend’
Roots: גנן

māgēn n, m
1) shield, buckler

Mentioned in Genesis 15:1 Deuteronomy 33:29 Judges 5:8 2 Samuel 1:21, 22:31, 22:3, 22:36 1 Kings 14:26, 10:17, 14:27 2 Kings 19:32 Isaiah 22:6, 21:5, 37:33 Jeremiah 46:9, 46:3 Ezekiel 27:10, 39:9, 38:4, 38:5, 23:24 Hosea 4:18 Nahum 2:4 Psalms 47:10, 59:12, 115:10, 18:3, 18:31, 7:11, 84:10, 84:12, 3:4, 119:114, 28:7, 115:9, 115:11, 33:20, 35:2, 144:2, 76:4, 89:19, 18:36 Proverbs 6:11, 24:34, 30:5, 2:7 Job 15:26, 41:7 Song of Songs 4:4 Nehemiah 4:10 1 Chronicles 5:18 2 Chronicles 26:14, 32:27, 12:9, 9:16, 32:5, 14:7, 23:9, 17:17, 12:10

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