Maoz מָעוֹז

Maoz (Hebrew מָעוֹז, Strong's H4581) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “security”. It occurs 36 times in 35 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Maoz, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges

• Judges 6:26
  And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:33
  God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

Nehemiah

• 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 Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Psalms

• Psalm 27:1
  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?The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
• Psalm 28:8
  The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
• Psalm 31:2
  Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
• Psalm 31:4
  Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
• Psalm 37:39
  But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
• Psalm 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?For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
• Psalm 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.“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
• Psalm 60:7
  Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
• Psalm 108:8
  Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 10:29
  The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 17:9
  In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
• 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 shalt set it with strange slips:For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
• Isaiah 23:4
  Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
• Isaiah 23:11
  He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
• Isaiah 23:14
  Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
• 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 terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
• Isaiah 27:5
  Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
• 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!They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
• Isaiah 30:3
  Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Jeremiah

• 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, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 24:25
  Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
• Ezekiel 30:15
  And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

Daniel

• Daniel 11:1
  Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
• Daniel 11:7
  But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
• Daniel 11:10
  But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
• Daniel 11:19
  Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
• 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 abomination that maketh desolate.His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
• Daniel 11:38
  But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
• Daniel 11:39
  Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

Joel

• 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 people, and the strength of the children of Israel.The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:7
  The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
• Nahum 3:11
  Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).