Bible Dictionaries
Champion
Holman Bible Dictionary
The Hebrew phrase in 1Samuel 17:4,1 Samuel 17:23 is literally “the man of the space between”—that is the man (like Goliath) who fights a single opponent in the space between two armies. The Hebrew word translated “champion” in 1 Samuel 17:51 is a different word meaning “mighty one, warrior.”
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Champion'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/c/champion.html. 1991.