מָעוֹז maoz
Hebrew word for “security” · Strong’s H4581 · used 36 times in 35 verses
Meaning
1) place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold;
How it is translated
Glosses given for maoz in context, with how often each is used:
- refuge 15
- stronghold 9
- place of refuge 4
- protection 4
- strongholds 4
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Psalms | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Daniel | 7 | 1.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 11 (7), Isaiah 23 (3), Psalms 31 (2), Isaiah 17 (2), Isaiah 30 (2), Judges 6 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Nehemiah 8 (1), Psalms 27 (1), Psalms 28 (1)
Forms
- מעוז 11
- מעוזי 3
- המעוז 2
- ומעוז 2
- מעוזם 2
- מעזו 2
- במעוז 2
- מעזים 2
- מעזכם 1
- מעוזו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maoz more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צֵל tsel “shadow” 3
- צָרָה tsarah “distress” 3
- נִי ni “me” 5
- הֶם hem “them” 5
- כֵּן ken “stand” 2
- חָקַק chaqaq “to decree” 2
- מַחְסֶּה machaseh “refuge” 2
- חַיִל chayil “strength” 3
- חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 3
- יֵשַׁע yesah “salvation” 2
- חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
Key verses
The verses using maoz that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 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…
- Psalms 27:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 31:2 — Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
- Psalms 43:2 — For thou art the God of my strength: 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; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- Isaiah 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and…
- Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength 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…
- Isaiah 30:2 — That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
- Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
- Daniel 11:31 — And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the…
- 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…
- Nahum 1:7 — The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
See all 35 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.