1 Samuel 17:4
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.
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Champion
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1 Samuel 17:51
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
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אִישׁ
ʼîysh · eesh
2 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:4Strong's last: 1 Samuel 17:23
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gibbôwr · ghib-bore'
1 times translated as this KJV form158 total Strong's occurrences
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
Strong's KJV usage: champion, chief, × excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:51Strong's last: 1 Samuel 17:51
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H376
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.
H376
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
H1368
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
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champion
CHAMPION, noun
1. A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another.
2. A man who fights in his own cause in a duel.
3. A hero; a brave warrior. Hence, one who is bold in contest; as a champion for the truth.
CHAMPION, verb transitive To challenge to a combat.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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