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spear

Meaning of “spear”

A long weapon with a pointed head.

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45 occurrences39 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Joshua 8:18

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2 Samuel 23:8
¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:8 · retained source text

¶ These be the names of the mightie men whome Dauid had: The Tachmonite that sate in the seat, chiefe among the captaines, (the same was Adino the Eznite:) hee lift vp his speare against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

1611 marginal noteOr, Ioshebbassebet the Tachmonite head of the three.

1611 marginal noteSee 1.Chr. 11.11.

1611 marginal noteHeb. slaine.

2 Samuel 23:18
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:18 · retained source text

And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among three, and he lift vp his speare against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

1611 marginal noteHeb. slaine.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 11.20.

2 Samuel 23:21
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:21 · retained source text

And he slew an Egyptian a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a speare in his hand; but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a man of countenance or sight: called 1.Chro. 11.23.a man of great stature.

1 Chronicles 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:11 · retained source text

And this is the number of the mightie men, whom Dauid had: Iashobeam an Hachmonite, the chiefe of the captaines: he lift vp his speare against three hundred, slaine by him at one time.

1611 marginal noteOr, Sonne of Hachmoni.

1 Chronicles 11:20
¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:20 · retained source text

¶ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, he was chiefe of the three. For lifting vp his speare against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

1 Chronicles 11:23
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:23 · retained source text

And he slue an Egyptian, a man of great stature, fiue cubits high, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare like a weauers beame: and he went downe to him with a staffe, and pluckt the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slue him with his owne speare.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a man of measure.

1 Chronicles 12:24
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:24 · retained source text

The children of Iudah that bare shield, and speare, were sixe thousand, and eight hundred, readie armed to the warre.

1611 marginal noteOr, prepared.

1 Chronicles 12:34
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:34 · retained source text

And of Naphtali a thousand captaines, and with them, with shield and speare, thirtie and seuen thousand.

1 Chronicles 20:5
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 20:5 · retained source text

And there was warre againe with the Philistines, and Elhanan the sonne of Iair, slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spearestaffe was like a weauers beame.

1611 marginal noteCalled also Iaare-ore-gim, 2.sam. 21.19.

2 Chronicles 25:5
¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 25:5 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer, Amaziah gathered Iudah together, and made them Captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Iudah and Beniamin: And he numbred them from twentie yeeres olde and aboue, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to goe foorth to warre, that could handle speare and shield.

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