Boss
/BAHS/
Summary
The central projecting knob or convex ornament on a shield, mentioned in Job's description of the wicked running against God.
☩Military Equipment
The boss was the exterior convex part of a buckler or shield, sometimes rising to a sharp point in the center. In Job, the wicked person is described as running against God 'upon the thick bosses of his bucklers,' picturing foolish rebellion against the Almighty with only human weapons.
Key verses:Job 15:26
Related Verses1 mention
Job· 1 verse
References
- 1.George Morrish, "Boss," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Boss," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).