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Proverbs 10:29
“The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָעוֹזmâʻôwz · maw-oze'
H4581 · Hebrew
H4581 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
- Derivation
- (also מָעוּז ); or מָעֹז (also מָעֻז; from H5810 (עָזַז);
- KJV renderings
- force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).
- Grammar
- מָע֣וֹז — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Judges 6:262 Samuel 22:33Nehemiah 8:10Psalms 27:1Psalms 28:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָעוֹז here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.