The word in Scripture

Armour in the Bible

The word armour appears 24 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Armour is the protection worn for battle. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What armour means in the Bible

Armour is the protection worn for battle.

Where the word armour appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word armour appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.”1 Samuel 17:54

“And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.”1 Samuel 31:10

“And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.”Isaiah 22:8

“And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.”Isaiah 39:2

“But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.”Luke 11:22

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”Romans 13:12

“By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,”2 Corinthians 6:7

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”Ephesians 6:11