7 occurrences

'Arms' in the Bible

They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpNo Help In Other GodsVolunteering

Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

Verse ConceptsArsonActing AloneBurning People

And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and the cords on his arms became like grass which has been burned with fire, and the bands came falling off his hands.

Verse ConceptsFlaxArmsPower, HumanShoutingTranceGroups Shouting

So Delilah took new thick cords, knotting them tightly round him, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And men were waiting secretly in the inner room. And the cords were broken off his arms like threads.

Verse ConceptsArmsCordsAmbush

Then Samson put his arms round the two middle pillars supporting the house, putting his weight on them, on one with his right hand and on the other with his left.

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

Verse ConceptsWhat Is The Matter?

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsCongregationShrinesAssembling IsraelUnified PeopleAll Peoplecrusades

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Branch (67 instances)
Decoration (1 instance)
Fortify (20 instances)
Munition (2 instances)
Warfare (34 instances)
Weapon (32 instances)
Weaponry (4 instances)

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