Difference between revisions of "Champion"

<p> [[Champion]] n. </p> 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. <p> CHAMPION, To challenge to a combat. </p>

<p> ( '''''גַּבּוֹר''''' , ''Gibbor','' &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:51; elsewhere "mighty man"). The Hebrews phrase '''''אַישׁאּהִבֵּנִיַם''''' , ''Ish Hab-Bena '''''´''''' Yim,'' rendered "champion" in &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:4; &nbsp;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]]). </p>

''''' cham´pi ''''' ''''' un ''''' אישׁ־הבּנים <i> ''''' 'ı̄sh habēnayim ''''' </i> &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:4&nbsp;1 Samuel 17:23&nbsp; 1 Samuel 17:51 <i> ''''' gibbōr ''''' </i>