Habergeon

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 4:16;  Job 41:26 , a coat of mail; an ancient piece of defensive armor, in the form of a coat or tunic, descending from the neck to the middle of the body, and formed of tough hide, or many quilted linen folds, or of scales of brass overlapping each other like fishes' scales, or of small iron rings or meshes linked into each other,  Exodus 28:32;  39:23 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Habergeon (  Exodus 28:32;   Exodus 39:23 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ). An obsolete term replaced in RV [Note: Revised Version.] by the modern ‘coat of mail.’ Cf.   Job 41:26 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘pointed shaft,’ and see Armour, 2 ( c ).

A. R. S. Kennedy.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Chronicles 26:14 Nehemiah 4:16 Job 41:26 Exodus 28:32 Exodus 39:23Arms And Armor

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."

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Habergeon. A coat of mail covering the neck and breast. See Arms .

King James Dictionary

HAB'ERGEON, n. A coat of mail or armor to defend the neck and breast. It was formed of little iron rings united, and descended from the neck to the middle of the body.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Job 41:26  Exodus 28:32,39:23 Tahra

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See Armour

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hab´ẽr - jun , ha - bûr´jun , the King James Version ( תּחרא , taḥărā' ): In the Revised Version (British and American),   Exodus 28:32;  Exodus 39:23 , etc., "coat of mail"; in  Job 41:26 , "pointed shaft," margin "coat of mail." See Arms , Armor .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Habergeon'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/habergeon.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Habergeon [[[Arms; Armor]]]