KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A pointed missile shot from a bow. Sense 2: By figure, something represented or compared as an arrow.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 20:36
Complete exact-word concordance
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this citie, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a banke against it.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Their tongue is as an arrowe shot out, it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his waite.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in the middest of him.
1611 marginal noteOr, waite for him.
1611 marginal notePsal.120.4
1611 marginal notePsal. 12.2. and 28.3.
1611 marginal notePsa. 12.3. and 28.3.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a marke for the arrow.
And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
And the LORD shalbe seene ouer them, and his arrow shall goe forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall goe with whirlewinds of the South.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A missile weapon, usually a straight pointed shaft, shot from a bow.
