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Armor

סִרְיֹןStrong’s H5630

siryon (sir-yon)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Siryon is the Hebrew word usually translated “armor” and “armor his”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.”
Jeremiah 46:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. Armour
How it's translated
  • the armor 1
  • in armor his 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

סִרְיֹן siryon · armor

armour

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “armor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

'ARMOR, noun

[from arm.]

  1. Defensive arms; any habit worn to protect the body in battle; formerly called harness.
  2. In a spiritual sense, a good conscience, faith and Christian graces are called armor

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.