שִׁרְיוֹןshiryôwn
שִׁרְיָה: a weapon, perhaps lance, javelin (Job 41:18)
Pronunciation: shir-yone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8302
Meanings
שִׁרְיוֺן: body-armour, perhaps more exactly breast-armour (1 Samuel 17:5; 1 Samuel 17:38; 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chronicles 18:33; Isaiah 59:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 17:5 He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds.
- 1 Samuel 17:38 Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.
- 1 Kings 22:34 An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot. “I’m badly wounded!”
- 2 Chronicles 18:33 An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of the chariot. “I’m badly wounded!”
- 2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and sling stones.
- Nehemiah 4:16 But from then on, only half my men worked while the other half stood guard with spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. The leaders stationed themselves behind the people of Judah
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).