Word Study · Strong's H3591 · Hebrew
כִּידוֹן
kidon
kee-dohn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kîydôwn
“properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
Rendered in the KJV as
lance, shield, spear, target.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- בַּכִּיד֤וֹן1
- בַּכִּיד֥וֹן1
- בַּכִּיד֑וֹן1
- וּבְכִיד֑וֹן1
- וְכִיד֥וֹן1
- וְכִיד֞וֹן1
- וְכִידֽוֹן׃1
- וְכִידֹ֞ן1
- כִּידֽוֹן׃1
How it is rendered · 6
- with the javelin3
- and javelin2
- a javelin1
- and a javelin1
- and a javelin of1
- and with javelin1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 3
- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 8:18בַּכִּיד֤וֹןbakidonpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,here: with the javelin
- Joshua 8:18בַּכִּיד֥וֹןbakidonpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,here: with the javelin
- Joshua 8:26בַּכִּיד֑וֹןbakidonpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularJoshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.here: with the javelin
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 17:6וְכִיד֥וֹןvekhidonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.here: and a javelin of
- 1 Samuel 17:45וּבְכִיד֑וֹןuvekhidonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularBut David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.here: and with javelin
Job2 occurrences
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:23וְכִיד֞וֹןvekhidonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”here: and javelin
- Jeremiah 50:42וְכִידֹ֞ןvekhidonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.here: and javelin
Same headword in Strong's