Dict: easton - Shield

Shield @ used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material ( kjv@1Samuel:17:7; kjv@2Samuel:1:21; kjvKings:10:17; kjv@1Chronicles:12:8 kjv@1Chronicles:12:24, 34; kjv@Isaiah:22:6; kjv@Ezekiel:39:9; kjv@Nahum:2:3). Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people kjv@Genesis:15:1; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:29; kjv@Psalms:33:20 kjv@Psalms:84:11). Faith is compared to a shield kjv@Ephesians:6:16). Shields were usually "anointed" kjv@Isaiah:21:5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily.