HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4645
מִפְגָּע
miph.ga — target
thing hit, mark, target, object of assault
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GREEK · G7740
ἰτέα
itea — willow
1. a willow , Lat. salix, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. a wicker shield, target , (Euripides) (ML)
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πελταστής
peltastēs — armed with a small shield
one who bears a light shield πέλτη); instead of the heavy ὅπλον, a targeteer , Lat. cetratus, (Euripides), etc. The peltasts held a place between the ὁπλῖται and ψιλοί. (ML)
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πέλτη
peltē — a small shield
1. a small light shield of leather without a rim ἴτυς); a target , Lat. cetra, originally used by the Thracians, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. a body of πελτασταί, (Euripides) 3. a horse's ornament , (Euripides) 4. = παλτόν, a shaft, pole , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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(1 Sam. 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 Josh. 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”).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.