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title: מָעוֹז — place of safety · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָעוֹז (4581), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: place of safety. BDB 1906: n.m. place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָעוֹז

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«מָעוֹז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of safety** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 36 times · **Key:** 4581 · **BDB:** מָעוֹז²

### Glosses

stronghold (5); a.refuge (3); refuge (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of safety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4581/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4581/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 6:26 place or means of safety, protection (MT sfs. as if from עזז, but prob. erron., cf. BuhlLex 13 Ges§ 85 k);—מ׳ abs. Ju 6:26 +, cstr. Is 30:2 +; sf. מָעוּזִי 2 S 22:33 (but read הַמְּאַזְּרֵנִי as ‖ ψ 18:33), מָעוּזִּי ψ 31:5 +, מָעֻזּי Is 27:5 +, מָעוּזּוֹ ψ 52:9 +, מָעֻזֹּה Dn 11:10, etc. (read proposes מְעוֹזִי, etc.); pl. מָעֻזִּים v 38, 39, sf. מָעֻזְּנֶיהָ Is 23:11, read מָעֻזֶּיהָ (Ges§ 20 o CheHeb. Hpt. al.; del. d. f. in all, v. supr.);— lit. place of safety 2 S 22:33, hence (c. collat. idea of strength, as if from עזז) = fastness Ju 6:26; Is 23:11, 14 (in v 14 (CheHeb. Hpt. proposes מְחוֹזְכֶם your city), Ez 24:25; 30:15; Dn 11:7, 10, 19, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַמּ׳ v 31, מִבְצְרֵי מָעֻזִּים v 39; מ׳ הַיָּם i.e. harbour Is 23:4, but del. Ol Du CheHpt.; מ׳ מֵאוֹיֵב Na 3:11; cf. עָרֵי מ׳ Is 17:9. fig., of God (י׳) as refuge Na 1:7 ψ 27:1; 31:5; 37:39; 52:9; Is 25:4(×2); Jo 4:16, י׳ עֻזִּי וּמָעֻזִּי וּמְנוּסִי Je 16:19, מ׳ יְשׁוּעוֹת מְשִׁיחוֹ ψ 28:8 (‖ עָז־); so צוּר מ׳ Is 17:10 ψ 31:3, אֱלֹהֵי מ׳ 43:2; also יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעֻוִּי Is 27:5 let him lay hold of my refuge (me as refuge); cf. חֶדְוַת י׳ הִיא מָעֻזְּכֶם Ne 8:10, מ׳ לַתֹּם דֶּרֶךְ י׳ Pr 10:29. of a heathen god, אֱלוֹהַּ מָעֻזִּים Dn 11:38 (read מְחֹזִים cities Che Is 23:1 Heb. Hpt.). fig. of human protection, מ׳ פַּרְעֹה Is 30:2, 3 (both ‖ צֵל מִצְרַיִם); אֶפְרַיִם מ׳ רֹאשִׁי ψ 60:9 = 108:9, i.e. my helmet; also (of angel) Dn 11:1 (‖ מַחֲזִיק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָעוֹז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4581/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.14/)

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הֵילִ֖ילוּ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* wail O.ships of.Tarshish (dm) it.has.been.devastated stronghold your

*JPS 1917:* Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

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[2 Samuel 22:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.33/)

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הָאֵ֥ל מָעוּזִּ֖י חָ֑יִל וַיַּתֵּ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים דַּרְכִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* (the) God place.of.refuge \[is\].my strength and he.has.set.free a.blameless.\[person\] way my

*JPS 1917:* The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;

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