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Examples of Lexicons Understanding כִּידוֹן kîdôn to refer to a Curved Sword (Scimitar; cf. Book of Mormon "cimeter")

  

HALOT:

 

כִּידוֹן: MHeb. javelin, etym. ?: trad. javelin (Sept., Bardtke ThLZ (1955):401ff.), impossible because of 1QM 5:7, 10-13: short sword (Yadin War Scroll 124, 129ff.; vdPloeg 94ff.; Carmignac VT 5:345ff.: —hunting knife, scimitar (Kuhn ThLZ (1956):25ff.; Molin JSS 1:334ff.; Galling VTSupp. 15:165f.): Jos 8:18, 26 1S 17:6, 45 Jr 6:23 50:42 Jb 39:23 41:21 Sir 46:2; → כִּידֹן. †

 

The Lexham Analytical Lexicon of the Hebrew Bible:

 

כִּידוֹן

kîdôn, n.c., hunting knife, scimitar; javelin. 9×

Root: כִּידוֹן. Cognates: גֹּ֫רֶן כִּידֹן

 

 

Lexham Research Lexicon of the Hebrew Bible:

 

כִּידוֹן (kydwn), n. hunting knife, scimitar; javelin. Greek equiv. fr. LXX: ἀσπίς (2), γαῖσος (2), ἐγχειρίδιος (1), ζιβύνη (1).

 

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