The Definition of the word Coat of mail

Coat of mail

The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning glittering" (1 Sam." "17:5, 38). The same word in the plural form is translated" "habergeons in 2 Chr. 26:14 and Neh. 4:16. The "harness" (1" "Kings 22:34), "breastplate" (Isa. 59:17), and "brigandine" (Jer." "46:4), were probably also corselets or coats of mail. (See" [121]ARMOUR.)