שֶׁלֶט
sheleṭ · H7982 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Thing
- Small shield, bucklerShields66 verses
Meanings
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shield
A flat, usually round, object; made of wood or metal; used in battle; held by a warrior in front of him as protection from the weapons of his opponent; relatively small and easy to maneuver
Examples2 Samuel 8:7 David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 11:10 Then the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 18:7 And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- זָהָבgold 2
- גִּבּוֹרmighty man, warrior 1
- הֶםtheir 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- מֶלֶךְking 2
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 2
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 1
- תָּלָהto hang 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Weapons001003001001020
- The noun for a shield, directly shown in David's captured "shields of gold" brought to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 8:7, 1 Chronicles 18:7), the "spears and shields" restored to the temple guard (2 Kings 11:10, 2 Chronicles 23:9), and the "thousand shields" of warriors hung on the tower-like neck of the beloved (Song of Solomon 4:4).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7982. shelet [שֶׁ֫לֶט] noun masculine2Sa 8:7 shield (?); — plural שְׁלָטִים 2Ki 11:10 +,…
[שֶׁ֫לֶט] noun masculine2Sa 8:7 shield (?); — plural שְׁלָטִים 2Ki 11:10 +, construct שִׁלְטֵי 2Sa 8:7 +; suffix שִׁלְטֵיהֶם Eze 27:11; — shields (so AV RV Thes; al. quivers, or [see especially BarnesExpos. T. x, 43 f. (compare 188)] arms, equipment; Vrss vary; Assyrian šal‰u (see √) seems to be a specific article), 2Sa 8:7 = 1Ch 18:7; 2Ki 11:10 2Ch 23:9 (where + מָגִנּוֺת, but) Son 4:4 apposition of מָגֵן (q. v. below גנן), hung on walls, compare Eze 27:11; הַשּׁ ׳מִלְאוּ Jer 51:11 i.e., perhaps, put arms through thongs, ready to use them (but see Barnesi. with, and Gie, cf, מלא Qal 2).
שַׁלָּ֑טֶת see שַׁלִּיט above.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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