ki.don denotes a weapon carried, grasped, or extended in battle and related conflict scenes.

The attested use identifies a weapon in scenes of armament, combat, and military threat: it is worn, carried with other weapons, grasped for battle, or held out toward a city. One occurrence's APB wording does not make the term's individual contribution clear.

1. Weapon in battle and military action · dominant

   In Joshua 8:18 the singular absolute form is the object Joshua is told to stretch out from his hand toward Ai, and the APB repeats that action. In 1 Samuel 17:6 it is described as being between a warrior's shoulders, while 1 Samuel 17:45 and Jeremiah 6:23 place it beside other weapons in confrontational and battle-ready clauses; Jeremiah 50:42 likewise portrays forces who grasp bow and this weapon.

   Joshua 8:181 Samuel 17:61 Samuel 17:45Jeremiah 6:23Jeremiah 50:42Job 39:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer weapon contexts, the APB presents the term as “javelin,” including an item worn between the shoulders, weapons grasped with a bow, and the object Joshua stretches out. Job 41:21 does not clearly isolate its contribution in the supplied English.