Bible dictionaries
Target
What Bible dictionaries say about “Target”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Target - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(1 Sam. 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a piece of armour for the throat. The Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by "javelin." The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 8:18 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 39:23 (A.V., "shield;" R.V., "javelin"); 41:29 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin").
Target - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
T`ARGET, n.
1. A shield or buckler of a small kind, used as a defensive weapon in war.
2. A mark for the artillery to fire at in their practice.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
tar'-get.
See MARK.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915