15 occurrences in 11 translations

'Shooting' in the Bible

and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

Even though enemies attacked him, shooting at him and pursuing him viciously,

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelBitternessharassment

I'll shoot three arrows to the side of the rock as though I were shooting at a target.

Verse ConceptsTargetsThree Other ThingsMissing The Mark

He said to the young man, “Run and find the arrows I’m shooting.” As the young man ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessHelpful ChildrenSeeking For Concrete Things

The heaviest fighting was directed toward Saul, and when the bowmen who were shooting located Saul, he was severely wounded by them.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

and those shooting shoot at thy servants from off the wall, and some of the servants of the king are dead, and also, thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

Verse ConceptsArchers, Men Shot ByKilling Named Individuals

But Jehu drew his bow with all of his strength, shooting Joram between his shoulder blades. The arrow pierced his heart, and he collapsed in his chariot.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArrows, Described AsHeart, HumanArchers, Men Shot ByKilling KingsOther References To The Heart

The heaviest fighting was against Saul, and when the archers who were shooting located Saul, he was gravely wounded by them.

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

In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.

Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

shooting from concealed places at the innocent.They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearing

I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

Verse ConceptsWater IrrigationPools

From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.

Verse ConceptsClimbingRocksArchers, In ArmiesCavalryEmpty CitiesRiding HorsesStones For ProtectionIsrael Fleeing

Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThings On High

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsCropsLocustsMowingDestruction Of PlantsAttitudes Towards Kings

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