Bible Dictionary: Shield-bearer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield.

2. (n.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.

Strong's Hebrew

6793c. tsinnah -- (large) shield
... an unused word Definition (large) shield NASB Word Usage buckler (3), bucklers
(1), large shield (3), large shields (3), shield (7), shield-bearer* (1), shield ...
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5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take
... 5), raised (13), receive (2), receive* (2), receives (1), regard (1), released*
(1), respected* (1), rise (2), rose (5), sets (1), shield-bearer* (1), shield ...
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Library

David's victory Over the Giant
... The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his iron spear
weighed about twenty pounds; and his shield-bearer went before him. ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/davids victory over the giant.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty
... Asiatics placed three men in a chariot, but the Egyptians only two; the
warrior"sinni"whose business it was to fight, and the shield-bearer"qazana"who ...
/.../chapter iiithe eighteenth theban dynasty.htm

The victory of Unarmed Faith
... How graphically the contrast is drawn between him and Goliath, as the latter conies
forth swelling with his own magnificence, and preceded by his shield-bearer ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the victory of unarmed faith.htm

The Story of David, the Shepherd Boy
... feet high; and he wore armor from head to foot, and carried a spear twice as long
and as heavy as any other man could hold; and his shield bearer walked before ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of david the.htm

Of Certain Deities Peculiar to Barbarians, and their Sacred Rites ...
... relates that Jupiter, when fighting against the Titans, used the hide of this goat
as a shield, from which circumstance he is called by the poets shield-bearer ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xxi of certain deities peculiar.htm

David the Shepherd Youth.
... between his shoulders. The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam,
and his shield-bearer went before him. This champion sent ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/david the shepherd youth.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... The occupants of a chariot were three in number"the driver; the shield-bearer, whose
office it was to protect his companions by means of a shield, sometimes ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

Matt. xix. 1
... him on, and refrained from the murder, and sent him away both safe and well; and
as though he had been rather a body guard of his, and a shield-bearer, not an ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxii matt xix 1.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8. <. ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

Thesaurus

Shield-bearer (2 Occurrences)
Shield-bearer. Shield, Shield-bearer. Shield-carrier . Noah Webster's Dictionary ...
Multi-Version Concordance Shield-bearer (2 Occurrences). ...
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Shield-carrier (1 Occurrence)
Shield-carrier. Shield-bearer, Shield-carrier. Shielded . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (See NAS). Shield-bearer, Shield-carrier. Shielded . Reference Bible
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Chariot (102 Occurrences)
... fatigue. The ordinary chariot was made of wood and leather, and had only
two occupants, the fighting man and his shield-bearer. ...
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Shield (65 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head
weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shieldbearer went before him. ...
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Weighed (44 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head
weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shieldbearer went before him. ...
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Weaver's (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head
weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shieldbearer went before him. ...
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Bearer (23 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head
weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shieldbearer went before him. ...
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Armorbearer (11 Occurrences)
... 31:4). David became Saul's armor-bearer for a time, and Jonathan's armor-bearer
was a man of resource and courage (1 Samuel 14:7). The shield-bearer was a ...
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Armor-bearer (15 Occurrences)
... 31:4). David became Saul's armor-bearer for a time, and Jonathan's armor-bearer
was a man of resource and courage (1 Samuel 14:7). The shield-bearer was a ...
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Shaft (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed'six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before ...
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Bible Concordance

Shield-bearer (2 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed'six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
(See JPS ASV DBY RSV)

1 Samuel 17:41 And the Philistine came nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Shield-bearer

Related Terms

Shield-carrier (1 Occurrence)

Chariot (102 Occurrences)

Shield (65 Occurrences)

Weighed (44 Occurrences)

Weaver's (5 Occurrences)

Bearer (23 Occurrences)

Armorbearer (11 Occurrences)

Armor-bearer (15 Occurrences)