1 Samuel 17:5

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Bible > 1 Samuel > Chapter 17 > Verse 5

1 Samuel 17:5


← 1 Samuel 17:4 1 Samuel 17:5 (KJV) 1 Samuel 17:6 →
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he had an helmetH3553 of brassH5178 upon his headH7218, and he was armedH3847 with a coatH8302 of mailH7193; and the weightH4948 of the coatH8302 was fiveH2568 thousandH505 shekelsH8255 of brassH5178.


Original Hebrew

וְכֹובַע נְחֹשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשֹׁו וְשִׁרְיֹון קַשְׂקַשִּׂים הוּא לָבוּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל הַשִּׁרְיֹון חֲמֵשֶׁת־אֲלָפִים שְׁקָלִים נְחֹשֶׁת׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/כ֤וֹבַע
ve./Khoa' H3553 HC/Ncmsc and/ a helmet of
נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙
ne.Cho.shet H5178 HNcfsa bronze
עַל
'al- H5921 HR (was) on
רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ
ro.Sh/o H7218 HNcmsc/Sp3ms head/ his
וְ/שִׁרְי֥וֹן
ve./shir.Yon H8302 HC/Ncbsc and/ body armor of
קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים
kas.ka.Sim H7193 HNcfpa scales
ה֣וּא
hu' H1931 HPp3ms he
לָב֑וּשׁ
la.Vush H3847 HVqsmsa (was) clothed
וּ/מִשְׁקַל֙
u./mish.Kal H4948 HC/Ncmsc and/ (the) weight of
הַ/שִּׁרְי֔וֹן
ha./shir.Yon H8302 HTd/Ncbsa the/ body armor
חֲמֵשֶׁת
cha.me.shet- H2568 HAcmsc (was) five
אֲלָפִ֥ים
'a.la.Fim H505 HAcbpa thousand(s)
שְׁקָלִ֖ים
she.ka.Lim H8255 HNcmpa shekels
נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת
ne.Cho.Shet H5178 HNcfsa bronze
Strong's References
  • H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
  • H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה (chămishshâh); a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
  • H3553 — כּוֹבַע (kôwbaʻ, ko'-bah): from an unused root meaning to be high or rounded; a helmet (as arched); helmet. Compare קוֹבַע (qôwbaʻ) H6959.
  • H3847 — לָבַשׁ (lâbash, law-bash'): or לָבֵשׁ (lâbêsh); a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
  • H4948 — מִשְׁקָל (mishqâl, mish-kawl'): from שָׁקַל (shâqal) H8254; weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act); (full) weight.
  • H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה (nᵉchûwshâh) H5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
  • H7193 — קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת (qasqeseth, kas-keh'-seth): by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal); mail, scale.
  • H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
  • H8255 — שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, sheh'-kel): from שָׁקַל (shâqal) H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard; shekel.
  • H8302 — שִׁרְיוֹן (shiryôwn, shir-yone'): or שִׁרְיֹן (shiryôn); and שִׁרְיָן (shiryân); also (feminine) שִׁרְיָה (shiryâh); and שִׁרְיֹנָה (shiryônâh); from שָׁרָה (shârâh) H8281 in the original sense of turning; a corslet (as if twisted); breastplate, coat of mail, habergeon, harness. See סִרְיֹן (çiryôn) H5630.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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Reciprocal references (2): 2 Samuel 21:16, Ephesians 6:17

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