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It is a piece of defensive equipment designed to protect the wearer from physical attacks, typically made of interlinked metal rings or plates.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, including Israel, armor was a crucial part of a warrior's equipment. The "shiryon" was an essential component of a soldier's gear, providing protection in battle. It was often made of bronze or iron and was worn over the torso to shield vital organs. The use of such armor reflects the technological advancements and the importance of military preparedness in ancient societies.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>body armor<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>armor (3), body armor (1), breastplate (1), breastplates (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> a weapon, perhaps <font size="+1"><b>lance, javelin</b></font>; — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/41-18.htm">Job 41:18</a> (+ <font class="hebrew2">חֶרֶב</font>, <font class="hebrew2">חֲנִית</font>, <font class="hebrew2">מַסָּע</font>), — yet <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">θώρακα</font>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <em>thorax</em>, i.e. <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיוֺן</font>. <p>IV. <font class="hebrew2">שׁרה</font> (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Assyrian <i><em>siriyâm</em></i>, <em>body-armour</em> (Inscription of Sennacherib), Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb105609.gif"> <em>id.</em>; Ecclus 43:20 <em>id.</em>; also Egyptian <i><em>¾u-ïra-na, tà-ra-y-na</em></i>, WMM<sup>As.u.Eur.102</sup>). <p> <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיוֺן</font>, <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיָ֑ן</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>body-armour</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיוֺן</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm">1 Samuel 17:5,38</a>; <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיָ֑ן</font> (Ges<sup>§ 29u</sup>) <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22-34.htm">1 Kings 22:34</a> 2Chronicles 18:33, <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיָ֔ן</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיֹנִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/4-10.htm">Nehemiah 4:10</a>, <font class="hebrew2">שִׁרְיֹנוֺת</font>2Chronicles 26:14; — <em>body-armour</em>, perhaps more exactly <em>breast-armour</em>, <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/4-10.htm">Nehemiah 4:10</a>; with appendages (<font class="hebrew2">הַדְּבָקִים</font>) <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22-34.htm">1 Kings 22:34</a> 2Chronicles 18:33; with verb <font class="hebrew2">לבשׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm">1 Samuel 17:5</a>, made of scale-like plates (<font class="hebrew2">קַשְׂקֵשִּׂים</font>) of bronze <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm">1 Samuel 17:5</a>, named with helmet here, so <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-38.htm">1 Samuel 17:38</a>; 2Chronicles 26:14 and (figurative) <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17</a>. — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׂ</font> proper name see <font class="hebrew2">שׂריון</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>breastplate, coat of mail, habergeon, harness <p>Or shiryon {shir-yone'}; and shiryan {shir- yawn'}; also (feminine) shiryah {shir-yaw'}; and shiryonah {shir-yo-naw'}; from <a href="/hebrew/8281.htm">sharah</a> in the original sense of turning; a corslet (as if twisted) -- breastplate, coat of mail, habergeon, harness. See <a href="/hebrew/5630.htm">ciyron</a>. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8281.htm">sharah</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5630.htm">ciyron</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַשִּׁרְי֔וֹן הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן השריון השרין וְהַשִּׁרְיֹנִ֑ים וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃ וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת והשרינים ושריה׃ ושריון ושרינות כַּשִּׁרְיָ֔ן כשרין שִׁרְיֽוֹן׃ שריון׃ haš·šir·yān haš·šir·yō·wn hashshirYan hashshirYon hašširyān hašširyōwn kaš·šir·yān kashshirYan kašširyān shirYon šir·yō·wn širyōwn vehashshiryoNim veshirYah veshirYon veshiryoNot wə·haš·šir·yō·nîm wə·šir·yāh wə·šir·yō·nō·wṯ wə·šir·yō·wn wəhašširyōnîm wəširyāh wəširyōnōwṯ wəširyōwn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ רֹאשׁ֔וֹ <b> וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן </b> קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and he [was] armed <span class="itali">with a coat</span> of mail;<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on his head <span class="itali">A coat</span> scale-armor and he<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָב֑וּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל֙ <b> הַשִּׁרְי֔וֹן </b> חֲמֵשֶׁת־ אֲלָפִ֥ים</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the weight <span class="itali">of the coat</span> [was] five<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was clothed weighed <span class="itali">of the coat</span> five thousand<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:38</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיַּלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹת֖וֹ <b> שִׁרְיֽוֹן׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and he clothed <span class="itali">him with armor.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> also he armed <span class="itali">him with a coat of mail.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his head clothed <span class="itali">armor</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/22-34.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 22:34</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין <b> הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן </b> וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְרַכָּב֗וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in a joint <span class="itali">of the armor.</span> So he said<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> between the joints <span class="itali">of the harness:</span> wherefore he said<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22-34.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A joint among <span class="itali">of the armor</span> said to the driver<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/18-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 18:33</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין <b> הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן </b> וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָֽרַכָּ֗ב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in a joint <span class="itali">of the armor.</span> So he said<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> between the joints <span class="itali">of the harness:</span> therefore he said<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/18-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A joint among <span class="itali">of the armor</span> said to the driver<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/26-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 26:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּרְמָחִים֙ וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים <b> וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת </b> וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> helmets, <span class="itali">body armor,</span> bows<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and helmets, <span class="itali">and habergeons,</span> and bows,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/26-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> spears helmets <span class="itali">body</span> bows stones<p><b><a href="/text/nehemiah/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nehemiah 4:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמָּגִנִּ֔ים וְהַקְּשָׁת֖וֹת <b> וְהַשִּׁרְיֹנִ֑ים </b> וְהַ֨שָּׂרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nehemiah/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the bows <span class="itali">and the breastplates;</span> and the captains<br><a href="/kjvs/nehemiah/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the bows, <span class="itali">and the habergeons;</span> and the rulers<br><a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/4-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the shields the bows <span class="itali">and the breastplates</span> and the captains behind<p><b><a href="/text/job/41-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 41:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/41.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע <b> וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/41.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the dart, <span class="itali">nor the habergeon.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/41-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the spear the dart <span class="itali">the habergeon</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/59-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 59:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיִּלְבַּ֤שׁ צְדָקָה֙ <b> כַּשִּׁרְיָ֔ן </b> וְכ֥וֹבַע יְשׁוּעָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/59.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on righteousness <span class="itali">like a breastplate,</span> And a helmet<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/59.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> righteousness <span class="itali">as a breastplate,</span> and an helmet<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/59-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> put righteousness <span class="itali">A breastplate</span> helmet of salvation<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8302.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8302.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8302<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hashshiryan_8302.htm">haš·šir·yān — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hashshiryon_8302.htm">haš·šir·yō·wn — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kashshiryan_8302.htm">kaš·šir·yān — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shiryon_8302.htm">šir·yō·wn — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehashshiryonim_8302.htm">wə·haš·šir·yō·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veshiryah_8302.htm">wə·šir·yāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veshiryon_8302.htm">wə·šir·yō·wn — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veshiryonot_8302.htm">wə·šir·yō·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div 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