Shield
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used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1Sam 17:7; 2 Sam 1:21; 1 Kg 10:17; 1Chr 12:8, 24, 34; Isa 22:6; Ezek 39:9; Nah 2:3).
Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people (Gen 15:1; Deut 33:29; Ps 3320; 84:11). Faith is compared to a shield (Eph 6:16).
Shields were usually "anointed" (Isa 21:5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily.
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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