Spear Lance Javelin

† חֲנִית n.f. spear (as flexible? v. Thes);—abs. חֲנִית 2 S 13:19 + 26 times; cstr. id. 1 S 26:16 (so v 22 Qr, where Kt has art.); sf. חֲנִיתֶ֑ךָ Hb 3:11; חֲנִיתוֹ 1 S 17:7(×2) + 11 times + 2 S 23:8, v. infr.; pl. חֲנִיתִים 2 Ch 23:9; חֲנִיתוֹתֵיהֶם Is 2:4 = חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Mi 4:3;— 1. spear, as hurled 1 S 18:10, 11; 19:9, 10(×2) 20:33; held by king 22:6; sign of king’s presence 26:7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22 (v. RSK 171); also 2 S 1:6; 2:23; 21:19; 23:18, 21(×3) 1 Ch 11:11 = 2 S 23:8, where read הוּא עוֹרֵר אֶת־חֲנִיתוֹ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֹ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Ch 11:20, 23(×3); pl. 2 Ch 23:9; often ‖ חֶרֶב 1 S 13:19, 22; 17:45, 47; 21:9; Is 2:4 = Mi 4:3,; Na 3:3; ‖ שְׁלָטִים 2 K 11:10; ‖ צִנָּה 1 Ch 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Jb 41:18; סְגֹר ψ 35:3; ‖ קֶשֶׁת ψ 46:10. 2. a. shaft of spear is עֵץ ח׳ 2 S 23:7; 1 Ch 20:5 + 1 S 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ). b. spear-head לַהֶבֶת ח׳ 1 S 17:7, cf. לַהַב ח׳ Jb 39:23; בְּרַק ח׳ Na 3:3; Hb 3:11. c. butt of spear אַחֲרֵי ח׳ 2 S 2:23. 3. metaph. of teeth of lions ψ 57:5 (‖ חצים; fig. of Psalmist’s enemies).

† רֹ֫מַח n.[m.] spear, lance (etym. unknown; Aramaic רוּמְחָא, ܪܽܘܡܚܳܐ; Arabic رُمْحٌ; Ethiopic ረምሕ: );—often + חֶרֶב, צִנָּה, מָגֵן, קֶשֶׁת, etc.;—abs. ר׳ Ju 5:8; Nu 25:7 (P), Ez 39:9; 1 Ch 12:9, 25 (van d. H. v 8, 24), 2 Ch 14:7; 25:5; pl. רְמָחִים 1 K 18:28; Je 46:4; Jo 4:10; Ne 4:10, 15; 2 Ch 11:12; 26:14; sf. רָמְחֵיהֶם Ne 4:7.

† I. כִּידוֹן n.[m.] dart, javelin (NH id.)—abs. כ׳ Jos 8:18 + 6 times; כִּידֹן Je 50:42; cstr. כִּידוֹן 1 S 17:6;—dart, javelin (distinct from חֲנִית spear, lance, q.v.), נטה בַּכּ׳ אשׁר ביד(ך) Jos 8:18(×2), cf. v 26; רַעַשׁ כ׳ Jb 41:21 the rushing sound of a dart; בְּחֶרֶב וּבַחֲנִית וּבְכ׳ 1 S 17:45 (weapons of Goliath), כ׳ נְחשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו v 6 (חֲנִית in v 7); + חֲנִית Jb 39:23 also; קֶשֶׁת וְכ׳ Je 6:23; 50:42.

λόγχ-η, ἡ, __A spear-head, Refs 5th c.BC+: also in plural of a single spear, the point with its barbs, τὸ ξυστὸν τῇσι λόγχῃσι ἐὸν ὁμοίως χρύσεον the shaft alike with the spear-head, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ κνώδοντες τῆς λόγχης the barbs of the spear-head, Refs __A.2 lance-shaped birth-mark, Refs __A.II lance, spear, javelin, Refs 5th c.BC+; λόγχας ἐσθίων, proverbial of a bragging coward, a 'fire-eater', Refs 4th c.BC+ __A.III troop of spearmen, ξὺν ἑπτὰ λόγχαις Refs 5th c.BC+

† I. [קַ֫יִן] n.[m.] spear 𝔊 and most;—sf. קֵינוֹ 2 S 21:16; קוֹבָעוֹ (cf. 1 S 17:38) Klo Bu HPS al.

† [שֻׂכָּה] n.f. barb, spear;—pl. שֻׂכּוֹת Jb 40:31.

† שִׁרְיָה n.f. a weapon, perhaps lance, javelin;—שׁ׳ Jb 41:18 (+ חֶרֶב, חֲנִית, מַסָּע),—yet 𝔊 θώρακα, 𝔙 thorax, i.e. שִׁרְיוֹן.