Strong's Definition
also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}; from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV Usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָגֵן (ma.gen) — shield. shield, buckler
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun · גנן
Weapons | ≈ אַשְׁפָּה · חֲנִיט · חֵץ · חֶרֶב · כֹּובַע · מַקֵּל · צִנָּה · קֶלַע · קֶשֶׁת · רֶכֶב · רֹמַח · שֶׁלֶט · שִׁרְיֹון
shield = a flat, usually round, object; made of wood or metal; ► used in battle; held by a warrior in front of him as protection from the weapons of his opponent; relatively small and easy to maneuver; ≈ associated with protection and therefore often used as an epithet for God
JDG 5:8 · 2SA 1:21 · 2SA 1:21 · 1KI 10:17 · 1KI 10:17 · 1KI 14:26 · 1KI 14:27 · 2KI 19:32 · 1CH 5:18 · 2CH 9:16 · 2CH 9:16 · 2CH 12:9 · 2CH 12:10 · 2CH 14:7 · 2CH 17:17 · 2CH 23:9 · 2CH 26:14 · 2CH 32:5 · 2CH 32:27 · NEH 4:10 · JOB 15:26 · PSA 35:2 · PSA 76:4 · PRO 6:11 · PRO 24:34 · SNG 4:4 · ISA 21:5 · ISA 22:6 · ISA 37:33 · JER 46:3 · JER 46:9 · EZK 23:24 · EZK 27:10 · EZK 38:4 · EZK 38:5 · EZK 39:9 · NAM 2:4
Titles
Shield literally: (one's) shield; hence: = a title for God or a king as someone providing protection
GEN 15:1 · DEU 33:29 · 2SA 22:3 · 2SA 22:31 · 2SA 22:36 · PSA 3:4 · PSA 7:11 · PSA 18:3 · PSA 18:31 · PSA 18:36 · PSA 28:7 · PSA 33:20 · PSA 47:10 · PSA 59:12 · PSA 84:10 · PSA 84:12 · PSA 89:19 · PSA 115:9 · PSA 115:10 · PSA 115:11 · PSA 119:114 · PSA 144:2 · PRO 2:7 · PRO 30:5
shield > scale = each of the small overlapping horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, ◄ here compared to a shield because of their protective function
noun
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָגֵן n.m. & f. shield base