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).
Word Origin and History for colossus. n. gigantic statue, late 14c., from Latin colossus a statue larger than life, from Greek kolossos gigantic statue, of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Apollo at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Figurative sense of any thing of awesome greatness or vastness is from 1794.