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Strong's #3591: kiydown (pronounced kee-dohn')

from the same as 3589; properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart (perhaps smaller that 2595):--lance, shield, spear, target.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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kı̂ydôn

1) javelin, short sword, dart

2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1Sam Job 17:6)

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from the same as H3589



Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

Joshua 8:18: "unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai;"
Joshua 8:18: "it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city."
Joshua 8:26: "his hand back, wherewith the spear, until he had utterly destroyed"
1 Samuel 17:6: "of brass upon his legs, and a target between his shoulders."
1 Samuel 17:45: "to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name"
Job 39:23: "against him, the glittering spear and the shield."
Job 41:29: "as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear."
Jeremiah 6:23: "They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, mercy; their voice"
Jeremiah 50:42: "They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, show mercy: their voice"









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