International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
LANCE; LANCER; LANCETlans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. See ARMOR, III, 4, (3); 1 Kings 18:28 the Revised Version (British and American) "lances."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
2. (n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
3. (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
4. (n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
5. (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
6. (v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
7. (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
8. (v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Launch.
Strong's Hebrew
7420. romach -- a spear, lance... << 7419, 7420. romach. 7421 >>. a spear,
lance. Transliteration: romach Phonetic
Spelling: (ro'-makh) Short Definition: spears. Word
... /hebrew/7420.htm - 6k 8301b. shiryah -- (a weapon) perhaps a lance, javelin
... << 8301a, 8301b. shiryah. 8302 >>. (a weapon) perhaps a lance, javelin.
Transliteration: shiryah Short Definition: javelin. Word Origin ...
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3591. kidon -- a dart, javelin
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a dart, javelin NASB Word Usage
javelin (8), spear (1). lance, shield, spear, target. ...
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4294. matteh -- a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe
... branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising
(figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking ...
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2595. chanith -- a spear
... javelin, spear. From chanah; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) -- javelin,
spear. see HEBREW chanah. << 2594, 2595. chanith. 2596 >>. Strong's Numbers
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7013. qayin -- a spear
... spear. From quwn in the original sense of fixity; a lance (as striking fast) --
spear. see HEBREW quwn. << 7012, 7013. qayin. 7014 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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1128. Ben-deqer -- "son of Deker," one of Solomon's leaders
... the son of Dekar. From ben and a derivative of daqar; son of piercing (or of a lance);
Ben-Deker, an Israelite -- the son of Dekar. see HEBREW ben. ...
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1265. berosh -- cypress or fir
... fir tree. Of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) Tree; hence, a lance or a musical
instrument (as made of that wood) -- fir (tree). << 1264, 1265. berosh. 1266 ...
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