Bible Dictionary: Target

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ATS Bible Dictionary

Target

1 Samuel 17:6, a small round shield. The same word in 1 Samuel 17:45 is translated a shield, and elsewhere a javelin. See ARMOR.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1 Samuel 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a piece of armour for the throat. The Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by "javelin." The same Hebrew word is used in Joshua 8:18 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 39:23 (A.V., "shield;" R.V., "javelin"); 41:29 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin").

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

2. (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

3. (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

4. (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

5. (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TARGET

tar'-get.

See MARK.

Greek

4649. skopos -- a watchman, a mark (on which to fix the eye)
... 4649 (the root of the English term, "scope," like the zoom-scope on a rifle to hit
the target) -- properly, the "end-marker" of a foot-race; (figuratively) the ...
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264. hamartano -- to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
... due to . Like 266 , 264 () is regularly used in ancient times of an archer
missing the target (Homer, Aesch., etc). Every decision ...
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795. astocheo -- to miss the mark
... make a false aim, fail. 795 (from 1 "not" and , "a target") -- properly,
(without aim); figuratively, ; (). 795 ("swerve out of line ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4307. mattara -- a guard, ward, prison, target, mark
... a guard, ward, prison, target, mark. Transliteration: mattara or mattarah Phonetic
Spelling: (mat-taw-raw') Short Definition: guardhouse. ...
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3591. kidon -- a dart, javelin
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a dart, javelin NASB Word Usage
javelin (8), spear (1). lance, shield, spear, target. ...
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4645. miphga -- something hit, a mark
... 4644, 4645. miphga. 4646 . something hit, a mark. Transliteration: miphga
Phonetic Spelling: (mif-gaw') Short Definition: target. ...
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6793. tsinnah -- probably a hook, barb
... tsinnah. 6793a . probably a hook, barb. Transliteration: tsinnah Phonetic Spelling:
(tsin-naw') Short Definition: buckler. buckler, cold, hook, shield, target ...
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Library

Israel's Hope; Or, the Centre of the Target
... Israel's Hope; or, The Centre of the Target. A Sermon (No.2199). Intended for Reading
on Lord's-day, April 19th, 1891,. Delivered by. CH SPURGEON,. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/israels hope or the centre.htm

Apostolic Exhortation
... his message. He did not beat the bush; he did not shoot his arrow far afield,
but he hit the very centre of the target. He preached ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 14 1868/apostolic exhortation.htm

Our Reception at Hwochow
... The competitor was required to exhibit great skill in archery, shooting at the target
from the back of a galloping horse, and to lift stones of immense weight ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter vi our reception at.htm

Earnest Expostulation
... and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?" Well did the apostle
aim that piercing arrow; it hits the center of the target and strikes a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 29 1883/earnest expostulation.htm

Christian Sympathy
... Practical sympathy is my aim; I trust your liberality, at the end of the
sermon, will prove that I have hit the center of my target. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/christian sympathy.htm

A Message from God for Thee
... whose range is as wide as fallen humanity, there are at the same time a still larger
number of texts which are aimed like arrows at an appointed target. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/a message from god for.htm

The Doctrines of Grace do not Lead to Sin
... No sooner is this doctrine set forth in a clear light than men begin to cavil
at it. It is the target for all carnal logic to shoot at. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 29 1883/the doctrines of grace do.htm

The Fire of Love
... have not been reproduced, and in a few cases words have been modernized by substituting
the footnote contents for the archaic word that was the target of the ...
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Children Brought to Christ, and not to the Font
... They do not so much as touch the target in its extreme corners, much less in its
centre. The whole question is, Do you believe that baptism regenerates? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/children brought to christ and.htm

Protest and Agony. (I, iv. 10, 19, vi. 11, xi. 18-xii. 6, xv. 10 ...
... He makes us feel that he has been charged against his will and he hurtles on his
career like one slung at a target who knows that in fulfilling his commission ...
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Thesaurus

Target (14 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt
or mark; as, he made a good target. ...TARGET. tar'-get. See MARK. ...
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Targets (7 Occurrences)
... Targets (7 Occurrences). 1 Kings 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets
of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. ...
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Mark (182 Occurrences)
... As a noun the term "mark" may signify, according to its various Hebrew and Greek
originals, a sign, "a target" an object of assault, a brand or stigma cut or ...
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Outer (98 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the
bull's-eye. 3. (n.) A shot which strikes the outer of a target. ...
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Alloyed (4 Occurrences)
... Alloyed (4 Occurrences). 1 Kings 10:16 And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets
of alloyed gold -- six hundred of gold go up on the one target; (YLT). ...
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Applied (22 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). 1 Kings 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten
gold, he applied six hundred shekels of gold to one target; (DBY). ...
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Armour (32 Occurrences)
... There were the great shield or target (the tzinnah), for the protection of the whole
person (Genesis 15:1; Psalm 47:9; 1 Samuel 17:7; Proverbs 30:5), and the ...
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Tares (9 Occurrences)

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Upwards (18 Occurrences)
... numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand
choice men, able for military service, that could handle spear and target...
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Greaves (1 Occurrence)
... Greaves (1 Occurrence). 1 Samuel 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs,
and a target of brass between his shoulders. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Target (14 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
(KJV WBS)

1 Samuel 20:20 I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Kings 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
(Root in KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadite there have been separated unto David, to the fortress, to the wilderness, mighty of valour, men of the host for battle, setting in array target and buckler, and their faces the face of the lion, and as roes on the mountains for speed:
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:24 The sons of Judah, bearing target and spear, 'are' six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:34 And of Naphtali, a thousand heads, and with them, with target and spear, 'are' thirty and seven thousand.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
(Root in KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 25:5 And Amaziah gathered Judah together and arranged them according to the fathers' houses, according to the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, that could handle spear and target.
(DBY YLT)

Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
(See NAS NIV)

Job 16:12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 3:12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 23:24 And they shall come against thee with armour, chariots and wheels, and with an assemblage of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee with target, and shield, and helmet round about; and I will put judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
(DBY YLT)

Ezekiel 26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field, and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and lift up the target against thee;
(DBY)

Subtopics

Target

Target used by Spearmen

Target: Made of Brass (Bronze)

Target: Made of Gold

Related Terms

Targets (7 Occurrences)

Mark (182 Occurrences)

Outer (98 Occurrences)

Alloyed (4 Occurrences)

Applied (22 Occurrences)

Armour (32 Occurrences)