14 occurrences

'Bows' in the Bible

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Verse ConceptsStumblingreinforcement

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSlingsStonesWarriorsLeft HandedThrowing StonesArrows

And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalShieldsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesWarriorsTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Verse ConceptsFamily SolidaritySpearsProtecting Your Familyvulnerability

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourShieldsArmor ProtectionFractions, One HalfHalf Of Groups

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Verse ConceptsBreaking WeaponsA Broken HeartBroken Hearts

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Verse ConceptsDesertionstruggleConflictBattlerelaxation

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Verse ConceptsFlintArrows, Described AsHorsesWheelsWhirlwindsSharpnessSharp ToolsHardnessGod Dispensing WindArrows

With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses Of

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanInfanticidePitilessnessPeople Without Mercypity

Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

Verse ConceptsBreaking WeaponsThose Who DestroyBabylon DestroyedGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Requite

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

Verse ConceptsShieldsJavelinsSeven Years

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