cham'-pi-un ('ish habenayim): In1Sa 17:4,23this unusual expression occurs in the description of Goliath. It means literally "the man of the two spaces," "spaces," or "space between," and is perhaps to be explained by the fact that there was a brook flowing through the valley separating the two armies. In1Sa 17:51the word champion is the rendering of the Hebrew gibbor, "mighty man."
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.