Lexical Definition

‎שִׁרְיוֹן‎ shiryôwn (shir-yone') lance ^H:N-M/F
or שִׁרְיֹן shiryôn (shir-yone'); and שִׁרְיָן shiryân (shir-yawn'); also (feminine) שִׁרְיָה shiryâh (shir-yaw'); and שִׁרְיֹנָה shiryônâh (shir-yo-naw'); from ‎שָׁרָה‎ in the original sense of turning

breastplate, coat of mail, habergeon, harness. See ‎סִרְיֹן‎.

• a corslet (as if twisted)

1) body armour
2) a weapon
2a) perhaps a lance, javelin

See Greek: θώραξ · θώραξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁרְיָה‎ noun feminine a weapon, perhaps lance, javelin; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Job 41:18* (+ ‎חֶרֶב‎, ‎חֲנִית‎, ‎מַסָּע‎), — yet ᵐ5 θώρακα, ᵑ7 thorax, i.e. ‎שִׁרְיוֺן‎.

‎שִׁרְיוֺן‎, ‎שִׁרְיָ֑ן‎ noun [masculine] body-armour; — absolute ‎שִׁרְיוֺן‎ 1Sam 17:5; 1Sam 17:38 ‎שִׁרְיָ֑ן‎ (Ges^{«GKC:29u»§ 29u}) 1Kgs 22:34 = 2Chr 18:33, ‎שִׁרְיָ֔ן‎ Isa 59:17 plural ‎שִׁרְיֹנִים‎ Neh 4:10*, ‎שִׁרְיֹנוֺת‎ 2Chr 26:14 — body-armour, perhaps more exactly breast-armour, Neh 4:10* with appendages (‎הַדְּבָקִים‎) 1Kgs 22:34 = 2Chr 18:33 with verb ‎לבשׁ‎ 1Sam 17:5, made of scale-like plates (‎קַשְׂקֵשִּׂים‎) of bronze v1Sam 17:5, named with helmet here, so v1Sam 17:38; 2Chr 26:14 and (figurative) Isa 59:17. — ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ proper name see ‎שׂריון‎.

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