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# greaves

«greaves» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Armor worn to protect the shins and lower legs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Armor worn to protect the shins and lower legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greaves/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Part of the bronze armor of Goliath, showing his strength. Interpretation: Goliath's heavy armor is contrasted with David's sling and trust in God, showing that victory comes not from weapons.

### examples

- And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greaves/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.457/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «greaves» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greaves/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.