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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
The word behind it
Where it appears
All 5 verses.
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.
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.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
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.
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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