Bible Dictionary
Bosses
Bosses are the projecting or convex parts of a shield. The term can also refer generally to a rounded or arched prominence.
Definition
Bosses are projecting, rounded, or convex parts of a shield. The Hebrew word can also refer generally to an arched prominence or to the back of an animal.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in a description of a shield’s projecting parts.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word thus rendered means anything convex or arched, and hence the back, as of animals.