Bible Concordances

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Bow, the

• An instrument of war
  Genesis 48:22; Isaiah 7:24

• Sometimes used in hunting
  Genesis 27:3

• For shooting arrows
  1 Chronicles 12:2

• Called the battle bow
  Zechariah 9:10; 10:4

• THOSE WHO USED, CALLED
  • Bowmen
    Jeremiah 4:29
  • Archers
    1 Samuel 31:3; Jeremiah 51:3

• Usually of steel
  2 Samuel 22:35; Job 20:24

• Held in the left hand
  Ezekiel 39:3

• Drawn with full force
  2 Kings 9:24

• The Jews taught to use
  2 Samuel 1:18

• USED EXPERTLY BY
  • Lydians
    Jeremiah 46:9
  • Elamites
    Jeremiah 49:35
  • Philistines
    1 Samuel 31:2,3
  • Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh
    1 Chronicles 5:18
  • Benjamites
    1 Chronicles 12:2; 2 Chronicles 14:8

• Given as a token of friendship
  1 Samuel 18:4

• Often furnished by the state
  2 Chronicles 26:14

• Of the vanquished, broken and burned
  Psalm 37:15; Ezekiel 39:9

• ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of strength and power
    Job 29:20
  • Of the tongue of the wicked
    Psalm 11:2; Jeremiah 9:3
  • (When deceitful,) of the hypocrite
    Psalm 78:57; Hosea 7:16
  • (When broken,) of the overthrow of power
    1 Samuel 2:4; Jeremiah 49:35; Hosea 1:5; 2:18