GORGET
Objects & Symbols • Old Testament
Gorget is an obsolete translation for part of Goliath’s armor. The Hebrew word more properly means a javelin, as rendered in later English versions.
Biblical Usage
The King James Version places gorget in the margin of 1 Samuel 17:6 in the description of Goliath’s armor. Revised versions render the word javelin there and in 1 Samuel 17:45.