KJV dictionary & concordance

artillery

Meaning of “artillery”

Weapons or instruments of war, especially a bow and arrows.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Skeat 1893

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 20:40

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:40 · retained source text

And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. instruments.

1611 marginal noteHebr. that was his.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Engines or instruments for war.

paragraph 236

Weapons, especially a bow and arrows.

printed p. 259; PDF p. 279; Internet Archive leaf n278