Topic
Arrows
42 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 27:3Easton · Torrey Carried in a quiver
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
- Job 6:4Easton · Torrey Sometimes poisoned
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.
- Psalms 7:13Easton · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of God's judgment
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
- Psalms 38:2Easton · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of severe afflictions
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
- Psalms 64:3Easton · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of bitter words
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Proverbs 25:18Easton · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of false witnesses
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
- Ezekiel 5:16Easton · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of God's judgment
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
- Ezekiel 21:21Easton · Torrey The ancients divined by
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
- Zechariah 9:14Easton · Torrey Fleetness of, alluded to
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
- Genesis 49:23Easton
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
- Numbers 24:8Torrey DISCHARGED — With great force
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 32:23Easton
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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- Deuteronomy 32:23–42 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of God's judgment
- Deuteronomy 32:42 Easton
- 1 Samuel 20:20–22 Torrey DISCHARGED — At a mark for amusement
- 2 Kings 9:24 Torrey DISCHARGED — With great force
- 2 Kings 19:32 Torrey DISCHARGED — Against enemies
- 2 Chronicles 26:15 Torrey DISCHARGED — From engines
- Job 34:6 Easton
- Psalms 11:2 Torrey DISCHARGED — From a bow
- Psalms 18:14 Easton
- Psalms 21:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of God's judgment
- Psalms 45:5 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the word of Christ
- Psalms 64:7 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of God's judgment
- Psalms 76:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Broken), of destruction of power
- Psalms 77:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of lightnings
- Psalms 77:18 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of lightnings
- Psalms 91:5 Easton
- Psalms 120:4 Torrey Sharp
- Psalms 127:5 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of young children
- Psalms 144:6 Easton
- Proverbs 26:18 Torrey Deadly and destructive weapons
- Isaiah 5:28 Torrey Sharp
- Isaiah 7:24 Torrey DISCHARGED — From a bow
- Isaiah 49:2 Torrey Called shafts
- Jeremiah 5:16 Torrey Carried in a quiver
- Jeremiah 9:8 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of slanderous tongues
- Jeremiah 50:14 Torrey DISCHARGED — Against enemies
- Jeremiah 51:11 Torrey Bright and polished
- Lamentations 3:13 Torrey Carried in a quiver
- Ezekiel 39:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Falling from the hand), of the paralysing power
- Habakkuk 3:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of lightnings
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 17 references
At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes figuratively put for lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zech. 9:14). They were used in war as well as in the chase (Gen. 27:3; 49:23). They were also used in divination (Ezek. 21:21).
The word is frequently employed as a symbol of calamity or disease inflicted by God (Job 6:4; 34:6; Ps. 38:2; Deut. 32:23. Comp. Ezek. 5:16), or of some sudden danger (Ps. 91:5), or bitter words (Ps. 64:3), or false testimony (Prov. 25:18).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 41 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Deadly and destructive weapons Pr 26:18
- Called shafts Isa 49:2
- Sharp Ps 120:4; Isa 5:28
- Bright and polished Isa 49:2; Jer 51:11
- Sometimes poisoned Job 6:4
- Carried in a quiver Ge 27:3; Isa 49:2; Jer 5:16; La 3:13
- DISCHARGED
- Fleetness of, alluded to Zec 9:14
- The ancients divined by Eze 21:21
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ Isa 49:2
- Of the word of Christ Ps 45:5
- Of God's judgment De 32:23-42; Ps 7:13; 21:12; 64:7; Eze 5:16
- Of severe afflictions Job 6:4; Ps 38:2
- Of bitter words Ps 64:3
- Of slanderous tongues Jer 9:8
- Of false witnesses Pr 25:18
- Of devices of the wicked Ps 11:2
- Of young children Ps 127:5
- Of lightnings Ps 77:17,18; Hab 3:11
- (Broken), of destruction of power Ps 76:3
- (Falling from the hand), of the paralysing power Eze 39:3
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.