כִּידוֹן
ki.don
“javelin”
Definition
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
from the same as H3589 (כִּיד); (perhaps smaller than H2595 (חֲנִית)lemma חֲניִת second vowel, corrected to חֲנִית)
- javelin, short sword, dart 2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
כִּידוֹן appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
They grasp the bow and spear;they are cruel and merciless.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,lined up like men in formationagainst you, O Daughter of Babylon.
They grasp the bow and spear;they are cruel and merciless.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,lined up like men in formationagainst you, O Daughter of Zion.”
A quiver rattles at his side,along with a flashing spear and lance.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.