Strong's H4043

מָגֵן

Transliteration

mâgên

Pronunciation

maw-gane'

Definition

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

KJV usage

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

Derivation

also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from H1598 (גָּנַן);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.