*נִיקוֹן, (Νίκων, v. Joseph. Bell. Jud. V, 7, 2) an engine of war, iron ram. Kel. XI, 8 (comment. iron point of a javelin, ref. to קינו II Sam. XXI, 16; R. Hai G. reads נקיון); [Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 1 גינין].