H3591: כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn · pronounced kee-dohn' · “javelin”
Definition
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
KJV translates it as: lance, shield, spear, target.
Word origin: from the same as H3589 (כִּיד); (perhaps smaller than H2595 (חֲנִית)lemma חֲניִת second vowel, corrected to חֲנִית)
Extended definition
2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (<ref="1Sa.17.6">1Sa 17.6)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3591 is translated
- javelin ×6
- a javelin ×2
- a javelin of ×1
Bible verses with H3591 (kîydôwn)
Kîydôwn appears in 8 verses.
- Joshua 8:18
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
- Joshua 8:26
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
- 1 Samuel 17:6
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:45
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
- Job 39:23
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- Job 41:29
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
- Jeremiah 6:23
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
- Jeremiah 50:42
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.