'Bends' in the Bible
The border continues to the slope of Ekron to the north, [then] bends around to Shikkeron, it passes [on] to Mount Baalah and continues [to] Jabneel; and {the border ends} at the sea.
“He bends his tail like a cedar;The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
So he is oppressed and beaten down;the helpless fall because of his strength.
The Lord's shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, "Majestic!"
Let them run [away] like water [that] runs off. [When] he bends [the bow], let his arrows [be] as though they were cut off.
Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
“Let not him who bends his bow bend it,Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor;So do not spare her young men;Devote all her army to destruction.