מָגַן
māgan
deliver up
Strong's H4042VerbHebrewTWOT 367e

מָגַן (māgan) is a Hebrew verb meaning deliver up. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4042).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 367e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 367e)deliver up, deliver; shield, encompass with, rescue, hand safely over
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָגַן verb: deliver up, deliver

only Piel deliver up, deliver

Strong's H4042 מָגַן: properly, to shield; encompass with; figuratively, to rescue, to hand safely over (i.e. surrender)
KJV:deliver.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 367: גָּנַן gānan — cover, surround, defend; hedge, protect

See it in Scripture

Genesis 14:20Proverbs 4:9

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