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kīdōn כִּידוֹן ‘javelin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as kīd כִּיד ‘ruin’
Roots: כיד

kīdōn n, m
1) javelin, short sword, dart
2) gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1Sa 17.6)

Mentioned in Joshua 8:18, 8:26 1 Samuel 17:45, 17:6 Jeremiah 6:23, 50:42 Job 39:23, 41:21

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