שׁרה TWOT 2464, 2465, 2466 ( ^√ of following; cf. Arabic سِرْوَةٌ ^, سِرْيَةٌ ( sirwatun, siryatun ) short dart ) .

• שִׁרְיָה S 8302 TWOT 2465a, 2466a GK 9233 n.f. a weapon, perhaps lance, javelin ;—

שׁ׳ Jb 41:18 ( + חֶרֶב ^, חֲנִּית ^, מַסָּע ^{),—yet G} θώρακα , B thorax , i.e. שִׁרְיוֹן ^.

IV.

III.

שׁרה TWOT 2464, 2465, 2466 ( ^√ of foll.; meaning dub. ; cf. Assyrian siriyâm , 6 ( Inscr. of Sennach.), Aramaic ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ ( šeryono ) id.; Ecclus 43:20 id.; also Egypt. ṯu-ï̥ra-nḁ, tà-ra-y-na , WMM As. u. Eur. 102 ) .

• שִׁרְיוֹן S 8302 TWOT 2466a GK 9233, 9234 , שִׁרְיָ֑ן n. [ m. ] body-armour ;— abs.

שִׁרְיוֹן 1 S 17: 5, 38 ; שִׁרְיָ֑ן ^{(Ges§ 29 u)} 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:3 3, שִׁרְיָ֔ן Is 59:1 7; pl. שִׁרְיֹנִים Ne 4:1 0, שִׁרְיֹנוֹת 2 Ch 26:1 4;—10, perhaps more exactly 10, Ne 4:10 ; with appendages ( הַדָּבָקִים ⁾ 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:3 3; c. vb. לבשׁ 1 S 17:5 , made of scale-like plates ( קַשְׂקַשִּׂים ) of bronze v 5, named with helmet here, so v 38 2 Ch 26:14 and ( fig. ) Is 59:17 .— שׁ׳ n.pr. v. שׂריון ^.

+ plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.

G Greek version of the LXX. B Vulgate.

Inscr. inscription(s); Ecclus Ecclesiasticus; Ecclus, Oxford ed., = Heb. Fragments of Ecclesiasticus, edd. Neubauer and Cowley.

WMM W. Max Müller, Asien u. Europa . abs. absolute.

Ges W. Gesenius, Heb. Gram. ed. by Kautzsch; pl. plural.
c. circa , about; also cum , with. v verse.
fig. figurative.