Topic
Arrow
30 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 21:20Nave Used in hunting
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Genesis 27:3Nave Used in hunting
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
- Numbers 24:8Nave FIGURATIVE
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
- Deuteronomy 32:23Nave FIGURATIVE
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- Deuteronomy 32:42Nave FIGURATIVE
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
- 1 Samuel 20:20–42Nave Shot by Jonathan as a sign to David
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for…
- 1 Samuel 31:3Nave Used in war
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
- 2 Samuel 22:15Nave Used in war
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
- 1 Kings 22:34Nave Used in war
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
- 2 Kings 13:14–19Nave Shot by Joash as a sign against the Syrians
¶ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and…
- 2 Kings 19:32Nave Used in war
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
- Job 6:4Nave FIGURATIVE
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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- Psalms 7:13 Nave Used in war
- Psalms 11:2 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 21:12 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 38:2 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 45:5 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 57:4 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 58:7 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 91:5 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 120:4 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 144:6 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Proverbs 25:18 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Isaiah 22:3 Nave Used in war
- Jeremiah 51:3 Nave Used in war
- Lamentations 3:12 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Lamentations 3:13 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Ezekiel 5:16 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Ezekiel 21:21 Nave Divination by
- Habakkuk 3:11 Nave FIGURATIVE
In the reference works
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 30 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (A weapon)
- → Used in hunting Ge 21:20; 27:3
- → Used in war 1Sa 31:3; 2Sa 22:15; 1Ki 22:34; 2Ki 19:32; Ps 7:13; Isa 22:3; Jer 51:3
- → Divination by Eze 21:21
- → Shot by Jonathan as a sign to David 1Sa 20:20-42
- → Shot by Joash as a sign against the Syrians 2Ki 13:14-19
- → FIGURATIVE Nu 24:8; De 32:23,42; Job 6:4; Ps 11:2; 21:12; 38:2; 45:5; 57:4; 58:7; 91:5; 120:4; 144:6; Pr 25:18; La 3:12,13; Eze 5:16; Hab 3:11
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.