Strong’s H3591 · Hebrew
כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn · kee-dohn'
Origin from the same as כִּיד (H3589); (perhaps smaller than חֲנִית (H2595) lemma חֲניִת second vowel, corrected to חֲנִית
Meaning properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
In the King James Version lance, shield, spear, target.
In 8 verses of the King James Version
- Joshua 8:18And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
- Joshua 8:26For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
- 1 Samuel 17:6And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
- Job 39:23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- Job 41:29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
- Jeremiah 6:23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
- Jeremiah 50:42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.