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Harness

  • Heb. 'asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart ( 1 Samuel 6:7 1 Samuel 6:10 ; Jeremiah 46:4 , etc.).

  • An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek ( 2 Chronicles 9:24 ).

  • Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail ( 1 Kings 22:34 ; 2 Chr. 18:33 ; rendered "breastplate" in Isaiah 59:17 ).

  • The children of Israel passed out of Egypt "harnessed" ( Exodus 13:18 ), i.e., in an orderly manner, and as if to meet a foe. The word so rendered is probably a derivative from Hebrew hamesh (i.e., "five"), and may denote that they went up in five divisions, viz., the van, centre, two wings, and rear-guard.

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    M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
    published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
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    Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Harness". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

    • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Harness

    HARNESS

    har'-nes:

    A word of Celtic origin meaning "armour" in the King James Version; it is the translation of shiryan, "a coat of mail" (1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chronicles 18:33); of nesheq, "arms," "weapons" (2 Chronicles 9:24, the Revised Version (British and American) "armor"); of 'acar "to bind" (Jeremiah 46:4), "harness the horses," probably here, "yoke the horses"; compare 1 Samuel 6:7, "tie the kine to the cart" (bind them), Genesis 46:29; another rendering is "put on their accoutrements"; compare 1 Maccabees 6:43, "one of the beasts armed with royal harness" (thorax), the Revised Version (British and American) "breastplates"; compare 1 Maccabees 3:3, "warlike harness"; 1 Maccabees 6:41 (hopla), the Revised Version (British and American) "arms"; 2 Maccabees 3:25, etc.; harnessed represents chamushim, "armed," "girded" (Exodus 13:18, "The children of Israel went up harnessed," the Revised Version (British and American) "armed"). Tyndale, Cranmer, Geneva have "harnes" in Luke 11:22, Wycliff "armer."

    W. L. Walker

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    Bibliography Information
    Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HARNESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.