Champion
King James Dictionary [1]
Champion n.
1. A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another. 2. A man who fights in his own cause in a duel. 3. A hero a brave warrior. Hence, one who is bold in contest as a champion for the truth.
CHAMPION, To challenge to a combat.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
1 Samuel 17:23 1 Samuel 17:51
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(v. t.) To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
1 Samuel 17:4,23
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( גַּבּוֹר , Gibbor', 1 Samuel 17:51; elsewhere "mighty man"). The Hebrews phrase אַישׁאּהִבֵּנִיַם , Ish Hab-Bena ´ Yim, rendered "champion" in 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:23, literally signifies a Man Between The Two, that is, a go-between, an arbiter, or one who offers a challenge, and appropriately denotes the position of Goliath when he stood up between the Hebrew and Philistine armies. Single combats at the head of armies were not unusual in ancient times, and in many cases it was a condition that the result should determine the national quarrel. An example of this kind is the combat between Paris and Menelaus, described by Homer. A similar practice obtains in the present day among the Bedouin Arabs. (See Single Combat).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
cham´pi un אישׁ־הבּנים 'ı̄sh habēnayim 1 Samuel 17:4 1 Samuel 17:23 1 Samuel 17:51 gibbōr
