Habergeon
/HAB-ur-jun/
Summary
Habergeon is an archaic English term used in older Bible translations for a coat of mail or breastplate, a piece of defensive armor protecting the neck and chest.
☩Military Equipment
The habergeon was a coat of mail covering the neck and breast. The term appears in the King James Version as the translation of two Hebrew words: shiryon, a general term for body armor or coat of mail, and tachara, a military garment of thickly woven linen with mailed covering around the neck and breast. In Exodus 28:32 and 39:23, it describes the opening of the priestly robe, comparing it to the neck hole of a habergeon through which the head passes. In Job 41:26, it is mentioned alongside offensive weapons.
Key verses:Exodus 28:32Exodus 39:232 Chronicles 26:14Nehemiah 4:16Job 41:26
Related Verses5 mentions
See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Habergeon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Habergeon," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Habergeon," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).