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(1 Sam. 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has “gorget,” a piece of armour for the throat. The Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

, after the LXX. ), a kind of small shield. The margin has “gorget,” a piece of armour for the throat. , “javelin”).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

TAR'GET. 1 Sam 17:6. See Armor.