Lexical Definition

‎כִּידוֹן‎ kîydôwn (kee-dohn') javelin ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎כִּיד‎; (perhaps smaller than ‎חֲנִית‎)

lance, shield, spear, target.

• properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart

1) javelin, short sword, dart
2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1Sa 17.6)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎כִּידוֺן‎ noun [masculine] dart, javelin (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Josh 8:18 + 6 t.; ‎כִּידֹן‎ Jer 50:42 construct ‎כִּידוֺן‎ 1Sam 17:6 — dart, javelin (distinct from ‎חֲנִית‎ spear, lance, q. v.), ‎אשׁר ביד (ךׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎נטה בַּכּ‎ Josh 8:18 (twice in verse), compare vJosh 8:26 ‎׳‎‎רַעַשׁ כּ‎ Job 41:21* the rushing sound of a dart; ‎בְּהֶרֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎וּבַחֲנִית וּבְכ‎ 1Sam 17:45 (weapons of Goliath), ‎׳‎‎כ‎ ‎נְחשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו‎ v1Sam 17:6 (‎חֲנִית‎ in v1Sam 17:7); + ‎חֲנִית‎ Job 39:23 also; ‎׳‎‎קֶשֶׁת וְכ‎ Jer 6:23; Jer 50:42.

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