Definition

a fortified place; figuratively, a defence

Etymology

(also מָעוּז ); or מָעֹז (also מָעֻז; from H5810 (עָזַז);

Where the KJV renders it

• force
• fort(-ress)
• rock
• strength(-en)
• ( most) strong (hold)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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