כִּידוֹן
kidon · javelin
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3591 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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kidon (כִּידוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “javelin”.
A short spear thrown by hand.
How to say it
ki·don
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A short spear for throwing.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Joshua 8:18
Then YHWH said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for into your hand I will give it.” And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
- Joshua 8:26
Joshua did not draw back his hand that he had stretched out with the javelin until he had devoted to destruction all the inhabitants of Ai.
- 1 Samuel 17:6
And guards of bronze were on his legs, and a javelin of bronze was between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:45
David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and with spear and with javelin; but I come to you in the name of YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached.
- Job 39:23
Upon him rattles the quiver, the flame of the spear and the javelin.
- Job 41:29
Like stubble is counted the club, and it laughs at the shaking of the javelin.
- Jeremiah 6:23
Bow and javelin they grasp; it is cruel, and they do not show compassion. Their voice roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, set in array like a man for war against you, daughter of Zion.”
- Jeremiah 50:42
Bow and javelin they grasp; they are cruel, and they do not show compassion. Their voice roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, set in array like a man for war against you, daughter of Babylon.
And 1 more times.