Champion
בֵּנַיִםStrong’s H1143benayim (be-na-yim)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Benayim is the Hebrew word usually translated “champions”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.”
Meaning
- Between, space between two armiesman of the space between armies, i.e. champion (of Goliath) (meton)
How it's translated
- the champions 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
בֵּנַיִם benayim · champion
1) between, space between two armies 1a) man of the space between armies, i.e. champion (of Goliath) (meton)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “champion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHAMPION, noun
- A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another.
- A man who fights in his own cause in a duel.
- A hero; a brave warrior.
All definitions and other forms of “champion”
CHAMPION, verb transitive
To challenge to a combat.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.