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Greaves

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Only in 1 Sam 17:6, a piece of defensive armour (q.v.) reaching from the foot to the knee; from French greve, “the shin.” They were the Roman cothurni.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

grevz.

See ARMOR, ARMS, IV, 4.

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