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Champion (de Cice) Jerome Marie
Champion (de Nilon), Charles Francois
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cham´pi -un ( אישׁ־הבּנים , 'ı̄sh habēnayim ): In 1 Samuel 17:4 , 1 Samuel 17:23 this unusual expression occurs in the description of Goliath. It means literally "the man of the two spaces," "spaces," or "space between," and is perhaps to be explained by the fact that there was a brook flowing through the valley separating the two armies. In 1 Samuel 17:51 the word champion is the rendering of the Hebrew gibbōr , "mighty man.»

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Champion'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/champion.html. 1915.

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