Strong's Definition
passive participle of the same as 2570; staunch, i.e. able-bodied soldiers
KJV Usage: armed (men), harnessed
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֲמֻשִׁים (cha.mush) — armed. in battle array, arrayed for battle by fives, armed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָמֵשׁ
Non-Whole | verb qal
to be in battle array meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which groups of humans divide themselves into five groups ► in order to be able to defend themselves effectively against the enemy
Non-Whole | verb pi
to take the fifth part = causative action by which humans divide an object into five parts and take one part
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֲמֻשִׁים adj.pl. in battle array, alw. this form base