Targets
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 1 Kings 10:16
- Last Reference: 2 Chronicles 14:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6793 Used 3 times
(1 Samuel 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a piece of armour for the throat. The Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by "javelin." The same Hebrew word is used in Joshua 8:18 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 39:23 (A.V., "shield;" R.V., "javelin"); 41:29 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin").
A defensive article of armor.
Used by spearmen
2 Chronicles 14:8
Made of brass
1 Samuel 17:6
Made of gold
1 Kings 10:16; 2 Chronicles 9:15
Shield
T'ARGET, noun
1. A shield or buckler of a small kind, used as a defensive weapon in war.
2. A mark for the artillery to fire at in their practice.
T'ARGETED, adjective Furnished or armed with a target.
T'ARGETEE'R, noun One armed with a target.