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Credit: Yale University Art Gallery

License: Public Domain

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Comments: This large shield is the only known surviving example of the examples known as a scutum. It was found at Dura Europos.

 

Credit: MatthiasKabel

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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Comments: Roman shield (scutum) 70 a.C. There a really three soldiers behind the shields. Look for the arrow. Photographed by myself during a show of Legio XV from Pram, Austria.

 

Credit: Donnotorious

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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

Comments: Crescent Shaped Amazon War Shield, Ancient Greek Shield

 

From Easton: Shield - used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:24, 1 Chronicles 12:34; Isaiah 22:6; Ezekiel 39:9; Nahum 2:3).

Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people (Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalms 33:20; Psalms 84:11). Faith is compared to a shield (Ephesians 6:16).

Shields were usually "anointed" (Isaiah 21:5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily.

Verses:

  • Genesis 15:1
  • Deuteronomy 33:29
  • Judges 5:8
  • 1 Samuel 17:7
  • 1 Samuel 17:41
  • 2 Samuel 1:21
  • 2 Samuel 8:7
  • 2 Samuel 22:3
  • 2 Samuel 22:31
  • 2 Samuel 22:36
  • 1 Kings 10:16
  • 1 Kings 10:17
  • 1 Kings 14:26
  • 1 Kings 14:27
  • 1 Kings 14:28
  • 2 Kings 11:10
  • 2 Kings 19:32
  • 1 Chronicles 5:18
  • 1 Chronicles 12:8
  • 1 Chronicles 12:24
  • 1 Chronicles 12:34
  • 1 Chronicles 18:7
  • 2 Chronicles 9:15
  • 2 Chronicles 9:16
  • 2 Chronicles 11:12
  • 2 Chronicles 12:9
  • 2 Chronicles 12:10
  • 2 Chronicles 12:11
  • 2 Chronicles 14:8
  • 2 Chronicles 17:17
  • 2 Chronicles 23:9
  • 2 Chronicles 25:5
  • 2 Chronicles 26:14
  • 2 Chronicles 32:5
  • 2 Chronicles 32:27
  • Nehemiah 4:16
  • Job 15:26
  • Psalms 3:3
  • Psalms 5:12
  • Psalms 7:10
  • Psalms 18:2
  • Psalms 18:30
  • Psalms 18:35
  • Psalms 28:7
  • Psalms 33:20
  • Psalms 35:2
  • Psalms 46:9
  • Psalms 47:9
  • Psalms 59:11
  • Psalms 76:3
  • Psalms 84:9
  • Psalms 84:11
  • Psalms 89:18
  • Psalms 91:4
  • Psalms 115:9
  • Psalms 115:10
  • Psalms 115:11
  • Psalms 119:114
  • Psalms 140:7
  • Psalms 144:2
  • Proverbs 2:7
  • Proverbs 30:5
  • Song of Solomon 4:4
  • Isaiah 21:5
  • Isaiah 22:6
  • Isaiah 31:5
  • Isaiah 37:33
  • Jeremiah 46:3
  • Jeremiah 46:9
  • Ezekiel 23:24
  • Ezekiel 26:8
  • Ezekiel 27:10
  • Ezekiel 27:11
  • Ezekiel 32:27
  • Ezekiel 38:4
  • Ezekiel 38:5
  • Ezekiel 39:9
  • Nahum 2:3
  • Nahum 2:5
  • Ephesians 6:16
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/shield.html. 2024.
 
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