Target

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.

(2): ( n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

(3): ( n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

(4): ( n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

(5): ( n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

(6): ( n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

(7): ( n.) A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A shield.  1 Kings 10:16;  2 Chronicles 9:15;  2 Chronicles 14:8 . In  1 Samuel 17:6 a small spear is probably intended: the R.V. has 'javelin.' See Armour

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 17:6 , a small round shield. The same word in  1 Samuel 17:45 is translated a shield, and elsewhere a javelin. See Armor

King James Dictionary

T`ARGET, n.

1. A shield or buckler of a small kind, used as a defensive weapon in war. 2. A mark for the artillery to fire at in their practice.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 17:6 Joshua 8:18  Job 39:23

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Target . See Armour Arms, 2.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( כֹּידוֹן , Kiddn,  1 Samuel 17:6, a Spear, as usually rendered; צַנָּה , Tsinn '''''Â''''' H''  1 Kings 10:16;  2 Chronicles 9:15;  2 Chronicles 14:8, a large Shield, as usually rendered). (See Shield).