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habergeon a coat of mail

Armour for the upper body, named in Exodus 28:32 and 2 Chronicles 26:14.

Means: a coat of mailIn the KJV: 5 timesNo longer in ordinary English

Forms in the text

habergeon 3×habergeons 2×

The word behind it

Where it appears

All 5 verses.

Exodus 28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Exodus 39:23

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

2 Chronicles 26:14

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

Nehemiah 4:16

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Job 41:26

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

Common questions

What does "habergeon" mean in the Bible?

In the King James Version habergeon means a coat of mail. Armour for the upper body, named in Exodus 28:32 and 2 Chronicles 26:14.

How many times does "habergeon" appear in the King James Version?

5 times, counting its other forms (habergeon 3 times, habergeons 2 times).

What Hebrew word is behind "habergeon"?

Most often תַּחֲרָא (tachărâʼ), Strong's H8473, meaning a linen corslet (as white or hollow).

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