ἀμύνω
[in LXX (mid.): Jos.10:13 (נָקַם), נָקַם), Psa.118:10-12 מוּל hi.), Isa.59:16 (יָשַׁע hi.), Wis.11:3, al. ;]
to ward off, etc. Mid.
__(a) to defend oneself against;
__(b) to requite;
__(with) = act., to defend, assist (Isa, l.with): with accusative of person(s), Act.7:24 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)