Javelin
כִּידוֹןStrong’s H3591kidon (ki-don)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kidon is the Hebrew word usually translated “javelin” and “javelin of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Javelin, short sword, dart
- Gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1Sa 17.6)
How it's translated
- with the javelin 3
- and javelin 2
- and a javelin of 1
- and with javelin 1
- and a javelin 1
- a javelin 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- Job 2
- Jeremiah 2
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 8:26For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
- 1 Samuel 17:6And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:45Then 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 39:23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- Job 41:29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
- Jeremiah 6:23They 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.
Hebrew dictionary
כִּידוֹן kidon · javelin
1) javelin, short sword, dart 2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1Sa 17.6)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “javelin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JAV'ELIN,, noun
A sort of spear about five feet and a half long, the shaft of which was of wood, but pointed with steel; used by horse or foot. Every Roman soldier carried seven javelins.
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.