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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: Rogers Fund, 1904; Metropolitan Museum of Art

License: CC0 1.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Pair of Etruscan bronze greaves. ca. 4th century B.C.

 

Credit: Eigenes Werk

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Greaves, Corinthian helmet, and spear tip from the tomb of Denda.

 

From Easton: Greaves - only in 1 Samuel 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, "the shin." They were the Roman cothurni.

Verses:

  • 1 Samuel 17:6
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​g/greaves.html. 2024.
 
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