# magen david (מָגֵן דָּוִד)

pronounced: ma-GEN da-VID


**“Shield of David” — the six-pointed star on Israel's flag; the image itself is Scripture's, where God is the shield of His people**

## In Scripture

> After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
> — Genesis 15:1 (Scripture calls God Abram’s shield; it does not call the later six-pointed emblem the Shield of David.)

> God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
> — 2 Samuel 22:3 (David names God his shield, supplying the biblical image behind the later phrase.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/magen-david/