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H1598 גָּנַן (gânan) gaw-nan'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect

KJV Usage: defend

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּנַן (ga.nan) — to defend. 1) to defend, cover, surround 1a) (Qal) to defend 1b) (Hiphil) to defend

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · גַּן · גַּנָּה · גִּנָּה · מָגֵן

Safe | verb qal

to shield, to defend, to protect = causative action by which a deity keeps people or town safe from harm or injury, as with a shield

2KI 19:34 · 2KI 20:6 · ISA 31:5 · ISA 31:5 · ISA 37:35 · ISA 38:6 · ZEC 9:15 · ZEC 12:8

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[גָּנַן] vb. cover, surround, defend Qal defend

Hiph. defend

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