Kidon כִּידוֹן

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Kidon
כִּידוֹן
Transliterationkidon
Strong's numberH3591
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossjavelin
Occurrences9 in 8 verses
Most frequent inJoshua (2)

Kidon (Hebrew כִּידוֹן, Strong's H3591) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “javelin”. It occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) javelin, short sword, dart
2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1Sa 17.6)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVspear (5), shield (2), target (1), lance (1)
BSBhis battle lance (2), javelin (2), lance (2), spear (2), your battle lance (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kidon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Joshua

1 Samuel

Job

Jeremiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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