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Small shield, buckler

Human-made Things in the Bible

Like the larger shield, this shield could be made of wood (sometimes covered with leather) or metal. It varied in shape but was usually round. Wooden shields were often reinforced by metal spikes or by being covered with metal plates.

Pictures

Soldiers with round shields (Neo-Assyrian Bas-Relief of Lion Hunt, Assyrian Gallery, British Museum)
Soldiers with round shields (Neo-Assyrian Bas-Relief of Lion Hunt, Assyrian Gallery, British Museum)Gary Todd, British Museum, CC0, Flickr

How it was used

See Large shield.

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

מָגֵן magen · 59 verses

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עֲגָלָה ‘agalah · 1 verse

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שֶׁלֶט shelet · 7 verses

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שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh · 2 verses

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Also in Shields

Large shield32 verses

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema