Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gorget. GORGET. gor'-jet: Appears only once in the King James Version (1 Samuel 17:6), being placed in the margin as an alternative to target (of brass) in the description of the armor worn by Goliath of Gath.
Vosegus triassicus sp. nov. Fig. 1; Etymology: specific epithet derived from the Triassic period. Type locality: Arzviller, department Moselle, Vosges, France. Type stratum: Lower Anisian (âUpper Buntsandsteinâ), early Middle Triassic âGrÃ¨s Ã  Voltziaâ Formation (Gall and Grauvogel-Stamm 2005).
Etymology 1[edit] From Middle English wis, wys, from Old English wÄ«s â(âwiseâ), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ«saz â(âwiseâ), from a participle form of Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Swedish vis. Compare wit.