Arrow
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 1 Samuel 20:36
- Last Reference: Zechariah 9:14
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
A weapon.
Used in hunting
Genesis 21:20; Genesis 27:3
Used in war
1 Samuel 31:3; 2 Samuel 22:15; 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Kings 19:32; Psalms 7:13; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 51:3
Divination by
Ezekiel 21:21
Shot by Jonathan as a sign to David
1 Samuel 20:20-42
Shot by Joash as a sign against the Syrians
2 Kings 13:14-19
Figurative
Numbers 24:8; Deuteronomy 32:23; Deuteronomy 32:42; Job 6:4; Psalms 11:2; Psalms 21:12; Psalms 38:2; Psalms 45:5; Psalms 57:4; Psalms 58:7; Psalms 91:5; Psalms 120:4; Psalms 144:6; Proverbs 25:18; Lamentations 3:12-13; Ezekiel 5:16; Habakkuk 3:11
AR'ROW, noun
1. A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a bow.
2. In scripture, the arrows of God are the apprehensions of his wrath, which pierce and pain the conscience. Job 6:4. Psalms 38:2. In a like figurative manner, arrows represent the judgments of God, as thunder, lightning, tempests and famine. 2 Samuel 22:15.
Ezekiel 5:16. Habakkuk 3:11. The word is used also for slanderous words and malicious purposes of evil men. Psalms 11:2. Proverbs 25:18. Jeremiah 9:8. Psa 64.
AR'ROW-GRASS, noun A plant or genus of plants; the Triglochin.
AR'ROW-HEAD, noun
1. The head of an arrow.
2. Sagittaria; a genus of aquatic plants, so called from the resemblance of the leaves to the point of an arrow.
AR'ROW-ROOT, noun
1. The Maranta; a genus of plants, natives of the Indies. The Indians are said to employ the roots of the arundinacea, in extracting the virus of poisoned arrows; whence the name. There are several species. From the root of the arundinacea, or starch-plant, is obtained the arrow-root of the shops.
2. The starch of the maranta, or arrow-root a nutritive medicinal food.
At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes figuratively put for lightning (Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Psalms 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zechariah 9:14). They were used in war as well as in the chase (Genesis 27:3; 49:23). They were also used in divination (Ezekiel 21:21).
The word is frequently employed as a symbol of calamity or disease inflicted by God (Job 6:4; 34:6; Psalms 38:2; Deuteronomy 32:23. Comp. Ezekiel 5:16), or of some sudden danger (Psalms 91:5), or bitter words (Psalms 64:3), or false testimony (Proverbs 25:18).
AR'ROWY, adjective
1. Consisting of arrows.
2. Formed like an arrow.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 1 Samuel 20:36
- Last Reference: Zechariah 9:14
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
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