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1 Samuel 17:5

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← 1 Samuel 17:4	1 Samuel 17:5 (KJV)	1 Samuel 17:6 →
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.	And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.	And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he had an helmet^H3553 of brass^H5178 upon his head^H7218, and he was armed^H3847 with a coat^H8302 of mail^H7193; and the weight^H4948 of the coat^H8302 was five^H2568 thousand^H505 shekels^H8255 of brass^H5178.

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Original Hebrew

וְכֹובַע נְחֹשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשֹׁו וְשִׁרְיֹון קַשְׂקַשִּׂים הוּא לָבוּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל הַשִּׁרְיֹון חֲמֵשֶׁת־אֲלָפִים שְׁקָלִים נְחֹשֶׁת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/כ֤וֹבַע	ve./Khoa'	H3553	HC/Ncmsc	and/ a helmet of
נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙	ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(was) on
רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ	ro.Sh/o	H7218	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	head/ his
וְ/שִׁרְי֥וֹן	ve./shir.Yon	H8302	HC/Ncbsc	and/ body armor of
קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים	kas.ka.Sim	H7193	HNcfpa	scales
ה֣וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
לָב֑וּשׁ	la.Vush	H3847	HVqsmsa	(was) clothed
וּ/מִשְׁקַל֙	u./mish.Kal	H4948	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) weight of
הַ/שִּׁרְי֔וֹן	ha./shir.Yon	H8302	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ body armor
חֲמֵשֶׁת	cha.me.shet-	H2568	HAcmsc	(was) five
אֲלָפִ֥ים	'a.la.Fim	H505	HAcbpa	thousand(s)
שְׁקָלִ֖ים	she.ka.Lim	H8255	HNcmpa	shekels
נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת	ne.Cho.Shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H3553 — כּוֹבַע (kôwbaʻ, ko'-bah): from an unused root meaning to be high or rounded; a helmet (as arched); helmet. Compare קוֹבַע.
• H3847 — לָבַשׁ (lâbash, law-bash'): or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
• H4948 — מִשְׁקָל (mishqâl, mish-kawl'): from שָׁקַל; weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act); (full) weight.
• H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
• H7193 — קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת (qasqeseth, kas-keh'-seth): by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal); mail, scale.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8255 — שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, sheh'-kel): from שָׁקַל; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard; shekel.
• H8302 — שִׁרְיוֹן (shiryôwn, shir-yone'): or שִׁרְיֹן; and שִׁרְיָן; also (feminine) שִׁרְיָה; and שִׁרְיֹנָה; from שָׁרָה in the original sense of turning; a corslet (as if twisted); breastplate, coat of mail, habergeon, harness. See סִרְיֹן.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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