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Bow
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
or The bow, in Scripture language meaneth much more than the instrument called the bow, used in war. Hence, the dying patriarch, when blessing Joseph, speaks of "his bow abiding in strength, because his arms were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob. From thence (said the patriarch), is the shepherd the stone of Israel." (Genesis 49:24) And the Redeemer himself is represented as having "a bow, when a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer." (Revelation 6:2) And there can be no doubt, but that the bow mentioned by the dying patriarch referred to Christ. Hence, in allusion to the same, JEHOVAH saith, "I do set my bow in the cloud." (Genesis 9:13) And hence John, when he saw heaven opened, beheld "a rainbow round about 1he throne." (Revelation 4:3) And the mighty angel he saw "clothed with a cloud, had a rainbow upon his head." (Revelation 10:1) It is blessed to view Jesus thus constantly typified.
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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Bow'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/pmd/b/bow.html. London. 1828.
