KJV dictionary & concordance
A defensive coat or piece of body armour.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 28:32
Complete exact-word concordance
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 shall bee an hole in the top of it, in the mids thereof: it shall haue a binding of wouen worke, 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 there was a hole in the midst of the robe as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rent.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the speare, the dart, nor the habergeon.
1611 marginal noteOr, brestplate.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A coat of mail or armor to defend the neck and breast. It was formed of little iron rings united, and descended from the neck to the middle of the body.
