Topic
Dart
12 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ephesians 6:16Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
- 2 Samuel 18:14ISBE · Nave A light javelin
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
- Numbers 25:7Nave A light javelin
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
- Deuteronomy 32:23Easton
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- Deuteronomy 32:42Easton
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 18:10Nave A light javelin
¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.
- Job 41:26ISBE
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
- Job 41:29Nave A light javelin
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
- Psalms 7:13Easton
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
- Psalms 120:4Easton
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
- Proverbs 7:23ISBE
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- 1 Maccabees 5:51ISBE
Who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
An instrument of war; a light spear. “Fiery darts” (Eph. 6:16) are so called in allusion to the habit of discharging darts from the bow while they are on fire or armed with some combustible material. Arrows are compared to lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 120:4).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); 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.