Weapon
הֹ֫צֶןStrong’s H2021hotsen (ho-tsen)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Hotsen is the Hebrew word usually translated “weapon”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.”
Meaning
- Armour?, weapons? (meaning uncertain)
How it's translated
- weapon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
הֹ֫צֶן hotsen · weapon
armour?, weapons? (meaning uncertain)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weapon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEAPON, noun
[G., Latin ]
- Any instrument of offense; any thing used or designed to be used in destroying or annoying an enemy.
- An instrument for contest, or for combating enemies.“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal” 2 Corinthians 10:4
- An instrument of defense.
- Weapons, in botany, arms; thorns, prickles, and stings, with which plants are furnished for defense; enumerated among the fulcres by Linne.
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.