- Original: כּידון - Transliteration: Kiydown - Phonetic: kee-dohn' - Definition: 1. javelin, short sword, dart 2. gorget, a piece of armour for the throat (1 Samuel 17:6) - Origin: from the same as H3589 - TWOT entry: 977b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From the same as H3589 ; properly something to strike with that is a dart (perhaps smaller than H2595 ): - lance shield spear target. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • lance, 1 Jeremiah 50:42 • shield, 2 1 Samuel 17:45; Job 39:23 • spear, 5 Joshua 8:18(2); Joshua 8:26; Job 41:29; Jeremiah 6:23 • target, 1 1 Samuel 17:6