habergeon Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
habergeon in Easton's Bible Dictionary
an Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it is properly a "coat of mail;" the Revised Version has "pointed shaft." In Ex. 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military garment strongly and thickly woven and covered with mail round the neck and breast. Such linen corselets have been found in Egypt. The word used in these verses is "tahra", which is of Egyptian origin. The Revised Version, however, renders it by "coat of mail." (See ARMOUR T0000315.)
habergeon in Smith's Bible Dictionary
a coat of mail covering the neck and breast. [ARMS]
habergeon in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HABERGEON . See Armor.
habergeon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Coat of mail, covering the neck and chest. Exodus 28:32; "as the hole of an habergeon," namely, for the head and neck to go through; the sacerdotal meeil or robe of the ephod resembling it in form, but of linen. Job 41:26, margin, "breast-plate."