1. helmet (military headgear) — A masculine noun denoting a helmet, a piece of military armor worn on the head for protection in battle. Appears exclusively in military contexts — equipping soldiers, describing warriors' armor, and in figurative descriptions of God's armor (Isa 59:17). All grammatical forms — singular construct (kova'), singular with conjunction (ve-kova'), plural with preposition (be-kova'im), plural with conjunction (ve-kova'im) — express the same concrete meaning. Multilingual evidence is uniform: eng 'helmet(s)', spa 'yelmo(s)/cascos' (helmet), hin 'top/topon' (टोप/टोपों, helmet), arb 'khuudhah/khuuadh' (خُوذَة/خُوَذِ, helmet), kor 'tugu(deul)' (투구/투구들, helmet), swa 'kofia za chuma' (iron cap/helmet). 6×
AR["بِالْخُوَذِ","وَ-خُوذَةَ","وَ-خُوذَةُ","وَ-خُوَذًا","وَخُوذَةً","وَخُوذَةٍ"]·ben["-এবং-শিরস্ত্রাণ","আর-শিরস্ত্রাণ","এবং-শিরস্ত্রাণ","ও-শিরস্ত্রাণ","ও-শিরস্ত্রাণ।","শিরস্ত্রাণে-সহ"]·DE["[בכובעים]","[וכובע]","[וכובעים]","und-helmet-von"]·EN["and-a-helmet-of","and-helmet","and-helmet-of","and-helmets","with-helmets"]·FR["[בכובעים]","[וכובע]","[וכובעים]","et-coupe","et-helmet-de"]·heb["ב-כובעים","ו-כובע","ו-כובעים"]·HI["और-टोप","और-तोपि","में-टोपों"]·ID["dan-helm","dan-ketopong","dan-ketopong-ketopong","dengan-ketopong"]·IT["[בכובעים]","[וכובע]","[וכובעים]","e-helmet-di"]·jav["lan-ketopong","lan-ketoprak","lan-topi-bési","lan-topong","lan-topong-topong","mawi-topong"]·KO["그리고-투구","그리고-투구들과","그리고-투구를","투구들로-"]·PT["E-capacete-de","e-capacete","e-capacete-de","e-capacetes","em-capacetes"]·RU["в-шлемах","и-шлем","и-шлем-","и-шлемы"]·ES["Y-casco-de","con-cascos","y-casco","y-yelmo-de","y-yelmo.","y-yelmos"]·SW["mkiwa-na-kofia-za-chuma","na-chapeo","na-kofia","na-kofia-ya-chuma","na-kofia-za-chuma"]·TR["-de-miğferlerle","Ve-miğfer","ve-migferi-","ve-miğfer","ve-miğferler"]·urd["اور-خود","اور-ٹوپ","خودوں-کے-ساتھ"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כּוֹבַע n.m. helmet (√ dub.; NH כּוֹבַע, Aramaic כּוֹבְעָא turban; cf. קוֹבַע Ez 23:24)—abs. כ׳ Ez 27:10; כּוֹבָ֑ע 38:5; cstr. כּ֫וֹבַע (Ew§ 213 f.) 1 S 17:5 Is 59:17; pl. כּוֹבָעִים Je 46:4 2 Ch 26:14;—helmet, of bronze כ׳ נְחשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ 1 S 17:5; Je 46:4 Ez 27:10; 38:5 2 Ch 26:14; fig. of י׳, וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן וְכ׳ יְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹאשׁוֹ Is 59:17.