Shield Defensive Weapon

† מָגֵן n.m. 1 K 14:27, & f. 1 K 10:17, shield (Arabic مِجَنٌّ, Aramaic מְגִנָּא, ܡܓܶܢܳܐ )—מָגֵן Gn 15:1 + 33 times (also cstr. Dt 33:29 Na 2:4); sf. מָגִנִּי ψ 7:11 + 5 times; מָגִנֵּנוּ ψ 33:20 + 3 times; מָגִנָּם ψ 115:9, 10, 11; pl. מָגִנִּים 1 K 10:17 + 6 times; מָגִנּוֹת 2 Ch 23:9; cstr. מָגִנֵּי 1 K 14:26 + 4 times; sf. מָגִנָּיו Jb 15:26; מָגִנֶּיהָ Ho 4:18;—shield, buckler, carried by warrior for defence Ju 5:8 2 S 1:21(×2) 2 K 19:32 = Is 37:33, 1 Ch 5:18; 2 Ch 14:7; 17:17; 23:9; 26:14; 32:5 Ne 4:10 ψ 76:4 Je 46:3, 9 Ez 23:24; 38:4, 5; 39:9 Na 2:4 Is 22:6 cf. 21:5 (anoint the shield, to make it slippery), so also ψ 35:2 (where י׳ fig. as warrior); אִישׁ מָגֵן = armed man Pr 6:11; 24:34; laid up for show, or as treasure 1 K 10:17(×2); 14:26, 27 (= 2 Ch 9:16(×2); 12:9, 10) 2 Ch 32:27 cf. Ct 4:4 Ez 27:10; of scales of crocodile (leviathan) אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים Jb 41:7; fig. of wicked’s defence against judgments of י׳, עֲבִי גַבֵּי מָגִנָּיו Jb 15:26; fig. of king ψ 89:19 (cf. Che); fig. of rulers of Ephraim Ho 4:18; fig. of rulers of earth ψ 47:10; fig. (very often) of י׳, as defence of his servants, ψ 3:4; 7:11 (read מָגִנִּי עָלַי אל׳ cf. Che crit. note) 18:3, 31, 36 (= 2 S 22:3, 31, 36) 28:7; 33:20; 59:12; 84:10, 12; 115:9, 10, 11; 119:114; 144:2 Pr 2:7; 30:5, and v. especially Gn 15:1 (E).

† III. צִנָּה n.f. large shield (covering whole body);—abs. צ׳ 1 S 17:7 +; pl. צִנּוֹת 2 Ch 11:12;—shield, larger than מָגֵן 1 K 10:16(×2) (cf. v 17) = 2 Ch 9:15(×2); נֹשֵׂא (הַ)צִנָּה 1 S 17:7, 41 (הָאִישׁ נ׳ הַצּ׳), 2 Ch 14:7, נֹשְׂאֵי צ׳ 1 Ch 12:25 (van d. H. v 24); עִרְכוּ מָגֵן וְצִנָּה Je 46:3, cf. עֹרְכֵי צ׳ 1 Ch 12:9 (van d. H. v 8); אֹחֵז רֹמַח וְצ׳ 2 Ch 25:5; הַחֲזֵק מָגֵן וְצ׳ ψ 35:2; הֵקִים עָלַיִךְ צ׳ Ez 26:8; + מָגֵן also 23:24; 38:4; 39:9; צ׳ 1 Ch 12:35 (van d. H. v 34) 2 Ch 11:12; sim. of י׳’s favour ψ 5:13; fig. of י׳’s faithfulness 91:4.

θῠρεός, ὁ, (θύρα) stone put against a door to keep it shut, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II oblong shield (shaped like a door), Refs 3rd c.BC+, Inscription cited in Refs 3rd c.BC+; hence, of the Roman scutum (opposed to ἀσπίς,= clipeus), NT+2nd c.BC+ __III disk forming part of καθετήρ, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __IV in Mathematics texts, oval, Refs 5th c.AD+

† סֹחֵרָה n.f. buckler;—ψ 91:4 (+ צִנָּה; fig. of י׳’s faithfulness).