hebrew #4581 - מָעוֹז maoz or mauz or maoz or mauz (a place or means of safety)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

(also mauwz {maw-ooz'}); or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from azaz; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence -- force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).

see HEBREW azaz

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 literally place of safetyJudges 6:26, hence (c. collateral idea of strength, as if from עזז=fastnessIsaiah 23:11,14 (in Isaiah 23:14 Che^Heb.Hpt. proposes מְחוֺזְכֶםyour city), Ezekiel 24:25; Ezekiel 30:15; Daniel 11:7,10,19, ׳הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַמּDaniel 11:31, מִבְצְרֵימָעֻזִּיםDaniel 11:39; הַיָּם׳מ i.e. harbourIsaiah 23:4, but strike out O1 Du Che^Hpt.; מֵאוֺיֵב׳מNahum 3:11; compare ׳עָרֵי מIsaiah 17:9.

2. a.figurative, of God (׳י) as refugeNahum 1:7; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 31:5; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 52:9; Isaiah 25:4 (twice in verse); Joel 4:16, עֻזִּי וּמָעֻזִּי וּמְנוּסִי׳יJeremiah 16:19, יְשׁוּעוֺת מְשִׁיחוֺ׳מPsalm 28:8 ("" עָזֿ); so ׳צוּר מIsaiah 17:10; Psalm 31:3, ׳אֱלֹהֵי מPsalm 43:2; also יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעֻזִּיIsaiah 27:5let him lay hold of my refuge (me as refuge); cf . הִיא מָעֻזְּכֶם׳חֶדְוַת יNehemiah 8:10, ׳לַתֹּם דֶּרֶךְ י׳מProverbs 10:29.

b.of a heathen god, אֱלוֺהַּ מָעֻזִּיםDaniel 11:38 (read מְחֹזִיםcities Che^{Isaiah 23:1,Heb.Hpt.}).

3figurative of humanprotection, מַּרְעֹה׳מIsaiah 30:2,3(both "" צֵּלמִצְרַיִם); ראֹשִׁי׳אֶפְרַיִם מPsalm 60:9=Psalm 108:9, i.e. my helmet; also (of angel) Daniel 11:1 ("" מַחֲזִיק).

עֲוִיל see II. עול. below

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4581. מָעוֹז (maoz or mauz or maoz or mauz) — 36 Occurrences

Judges 6:26
HEB:עַ֣ל רֹ֧אשׁ הַמָּע֛וֹז הַזֶּ֖ה בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑ה
NAS: of this stronghold in an orderly manner,
KJV: upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place,
INT: on the top stronghold of this an orderly

2 Samuel 22:33
HEB: הָאֵ֥ל מָעוּזִּ֖י חָ֑יִל וַיַּתֵּ֥ר
NAS: is my strong fortress; And He sets
KJV: God [is] my strength [and] power:
INT: God fortress is my strong sets

Nehemiah 8:10
HEB:יְהוָ֖ה הִ֥יא מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃
NAS: of the LORD is your strength.
KJV: of the LORD is your strength.
INT: of the LORD he is your strength

Psalm 27:1
HEB:אִירָ֑א יְהוָ֥ה מָֽעוֹז־ חַ֝יַּ֗י מִמִּ֥י
NAS: The LORD is the defense of my life;
KJV: the LORD [is] the strength of my life;
INT: fear the LORD is the defense of my life Whom

Psalm 28:8
HEB:עֹֽז־ לָ֑מוֹ וּמָ֘ע֤וֹז יְשׁוּע֖וֹת מְשִׁיח֣וֹ
NAS: And He is a saving defense to His anointed.
KJV: and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.
INT: the LORD is their strength defense saving to his anointed

Psalm 31:2
HEB:לִ֨י ׀ לְֽצוּר־ מָ֭עוֹז לְבֵ֥ית מְצוּד֗וֹת
NAS: Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold
KJV: me speedily: be thou my strong rock,
INT: become A rock of strength an house A stronghold

Psalm 31:4
HEB:כִּֽי־ אַ֝תָּה מָֽעוּזִּֽי׃
NAS: they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.
KJV: they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
INT: for You are my strength

Psalm 37:39
HEB:צַ֭דִּיקִים מֵיְהוָ֑ה מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗ם בְּעֵ֣ת צָרָֽה׃
NAS: is from the LORD; He is their strength in time
KJV: [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time
INT: of the righteous the LORD is their strength time of trouble

Psalm 43:2
HEB:אַתָּ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָֽעוּזִּי֮ לָמָ֪ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי
NAS: For You are the God of my strength; why
KJV: For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?
INT: You are the God of my strength why rejected

Psalm 52:7
HEB:יָשִׂ֥ים אֱלֹהִ֗ים מָֽע֫וּזּ֥וֹ וַ֭יִּבְטַח בְּרֹ֣ב
NAS: God his refuge, But trusted
KJV: not God his strength; but trusted
INT: make God his refuge trusted the abundance

Psalm 60:7
HEB:מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה וְ֭אֶפְרַיִם מָע֣וֹז רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה
NAS: is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;
KJV: [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head;
INT: and Manasseh Ephraim is the helmet of my head Judah

Psalm 108:8
HEB:מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה וְ֭אֶפְרַיִם מָע֣וֹז רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה
NAS: is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;
KJV: [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head;
INT: Manasseh Ephraim is the helmet of my head Judah

Proverbs 10:29
HEB: מָע֣וֹז לַ֭תֹּם דֶּ֣רֶךְ
NAS: of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright,
KJV: of the LORD [is] strength to the upright:
INT:stronghold to the upright the way

Isaiah 17:9
HEB:יִהְי֣וּ ׀ עָרֵ֣י מָעֻזּ֗וֹ כַּעֲזוּבַ֤ת הַחֹ֙רֶשׁ֙
NAS: In that day their strong cities
KJV: In that day shall his strong cities
INT: become cities their strong forsaken the forest

Isaiah 17:10
HEB:יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ
NAS: the rock of your refuge. Therefore
KJV: of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant
INT: of your salvation the rock of your refuge not remembered

Isaiah 23:4
HEB:אָמַ֣ר יָ֔ם מָע֥וֹז הַיָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר
NAS: speaks, the stronghold of the sea,
KJV: hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea,
INT: speaks the sea the stronghold of the sea saying

Isaiah 23:11
HEB:כְּנַ֔עַן לַשְׁמִ֖ד מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: Canaan to demolish its strongholds.
KJV: [city], to destroy the strong holds
INT: Canaan to demolish strongholds

Isaiah 23:14
HEB:כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ ס
NAS: of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.
KJV: of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
INT: for is destroyed your stronghold

Isaiah 25:4
HEB:כִּֽי־ הָיִ֨יתָ מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז
NAS: For You have been a defense for the helpless,
KJV:For thou hast been a strength to the poor,
INT: for have been A strength the helpless A strength

Isaiah 25:4
HEB:מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־
NAS: for the helpless, A defense for the needy
KJV: to the poor, a strength to the needy
INT: A strength the helpless A strength the needy his distress

Isaiah 27:5
HEB:א֚וֹ יַחֲזֵ֣ק בְּמָעוּזִּ֔י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה שָׁל֖וֹם
NAS: let him rely on My protection, Let him make
KJV: Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make
INT: Or rely my protection make peace

Isaiah 30:2
HEB:שָׁאָ֑לוּ לָעוֹז֙ בְּמָע֣וֹז פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְלַחְס֖וֹת
NAS: Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
KJV: to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
INT: consulting to strengthen the safety of Pharaoh seek

Isaiah 30:3
HEB:וְהָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם מָע֥וֹז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְבֹ֑שֶׁת
NAS:Therefore the safety of Pharaoh
KJV:Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh
INT: become the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame

Jeremiah 16:19
HEB:יְהוָ֞ה עֻזִּ֧י וּמָעֻזִּ֛י וּמְנוּסִ֖י בְּי֣וֹם
NAS: my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge
KJV: my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge
INT: LORD my strength and my stronghold and my refuge the day

Ezekiel 24:25
HEB:מֵהֶם֙ אֶת־ מָ֣עוּזָּ֔ם מְשׂ֖וֹשׂ תִּפְאַרְתָּ֑ם
NAS: when I take from them their stronghold, the joy
KJV: when I take from them their strength, the joy
INT: take like their stronghold the joy of their pride

Ezekiel 30:15
HEB:עַל־ סִ֖ין מָע֣וֹז מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י
NAS: on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt;
KJV: upon Sin, the strength of Egypt;
INT: on Sin the stronghold of Egypt cut

Daniel 11:1
HEB:עָמְדִ֛י לְמַחֲזִ֥יק וּלְמָע֖וֹז לֽוֹ׃
NAS: to be an encouragement and a protection for him.
KJV: to confirm and to strengthen him.
INT: arose to be an encouragement protection

Daniel 11:7
HEB:הַחַ֗יִל וְיָבֹא֙ בְּמָעוֹז֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַצָּפ֔וֹן
NAS: and enter the fortress of the king
KJV: and shall enter into the fortress of the king
INT: army and enter the fortress of the king of the North

Daniel 11:10
HEB:[מָעֻזָּה כ] (מָעֻזֹּֽו׃ ק)
NAS: wage war up to his [very] fortress.
KJV: and be stirred up, [even] to his fortress.
INT: will mobilize against force

Daniel 11:19
HEB:וְיָשֵׁ֣ב פָּנָ֔יו לְמָעוּזֵּ֖י אַרְצ֑וֹ וְנִכְשַׁ֥ל
NAS: his face toward the fortresses of his own land,
KJV: his face toward the fort of his own land:
INT: will turn his face the fortresses land will stumble

Daniel 11:31
HEB:וְחִלְּל֞וּ הַמִּקְדָּ֤שׁ הַמָּעוֹז֙ וְהֵסִ֣ירוּ הַתָּמִ֔יד
NAS: the sanctuary fortress, and do away
KJV: the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away
INT: desecrate the sanctuary fortress and do the regular

Daniel 11:38
HEB: וְלֶאֱלֹ֙הַּ֙ מָֽעֻזִּ֔ים עַל־ כַּנּ֖וֹ
NAS: a god of fortresses, a god
KJV: the God of forces: and a god
INT: A god of fortresses in his estate

Daniel 11:39
HEB:וְעָשָׂ֞ה לְמִבְצְרֵ֤י מָֽעֻזִּים֙ עִם־ אֱל֣וֹהַּ
NAS: He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with [the help of] a foreign
KJV: Thus shall he do in the most strong holds
INT: will take holds the strongest with god

Joel 3:16
HEB:מַֽחֲסֶ֣ה לְעַמּ֔וֹ וּמָע֖וֹז לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: for His people And a stronghold to the sons
KJV: of his people, and the strength of the children
INT: refuge his people stronghold to the sons of Israel

Nahum 1:7
HEB:ט֣וֹב יְהוָ֔ה לְמָע֖וֹז בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה
NAS: is good, A stronghold in the day
KJV: [is] good, a strong hold in the day
INT: is good the LORD A stronghold the day of trouble

Nahum 3:11
HEB:אַ֛תְּ תְּבַקְשִׁ֥י מָע֖וֹז מֵאוֹיֵֽב׃
NAS: will search for a refuge from the enemy.
KJV: thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
INT: you will search A refuge of the enemy