Habergeons
Bible Usage:
- habergeon used 3 times.
- habergeons used twice.
- First Reference: 2 Chronicles 26:14
- Last Reference: Nehemiah 4:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H8302 Used 2 times
An Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it is properly a "coat of mail;" the Revised Version has "pointed shaft." In Exodus 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military garment strongly and thickly woven and covered with mail round the neck and breast. Such linen corselets have been found in Egypt. The word used in these verses is tahra, which is of Egyptian origin. The Revised Version, however, renders it by "coat of mail." (See ARMOUR.)
A part of the defensive armor of a soldier
Exodus 28:32; Exodus 39:23
Breastplate
a coat of mail covering the neck and breast. [ARMS, ARMOR]
HAB'ERGEON, noun A coat of mail or armor to defend the neck and breast. It was formed of little iron rings united, and descended from the neck to the middle of the body.