Definition

properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart

Etymology

from the same as H3589 (כִּיד); (perhaps smaller than H2595 (חֲנִית)lemma חֲניִת second vowel, corrected to חֲנִית)

Where the KJV renders it

• lance
• shield
• spear
• target

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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