KJV dictionary & concordance

bow

Meaning of “bow”

Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

99 occurrences96 verses29 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:13

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Every verse containing “bow”

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1 Chronicles 5:18

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¶ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 5:18 · retained source text

¶ The sonnes of Reuben, and the Gadites, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to beare buckler and sword, and to shoote with bow, and skilfull in warre, were foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hundred and threescore, that went out to the warre.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sons of valour.

1 Chronicles 12:2

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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.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:2 · retained source text

They were armed with bowes, and could vse both the right hand and the left, in hurling stones, and shooting arrowes out of a bow, euen of Sauls brethren of Beniamin.

Complete reference index — all 96 verses

Genesis 9:13 Genesis 9:14 Genesis 9:16 Genesis 27:3 Genesis 27:29 Genesis 37:10 Genesis 41:43 Genesis 48:22 Genesis 49:8 Genesis 49:24 Exodus 11:8 Exodus 20:5 Exodus 23:24 Leviticus 26:1 Deuteronomy 5:9 Joshua 23:7 Joshua 24:12 Judges 2:19 1 Samuel 18:4 2 Samuel 1:18 2 Samuel 1:22 2 Samuel 22:35 1 Kings 22:34 2 Kings 5:18 2 Kings 6:22 2 Kings 9:24 2 Kings 13:15 2 Kings 13:16 2 Kings 17:35 2 Kings 19:16 1 Chronicles 5:18 1 Chronicles 12:2 2 Chronicles 17:17 2 Chronicles 18:33 Job 20:24 Job 29:20 Job 31:10 Job 39:3 Psalms 7:12 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 18:34 Psalms 22:29 Psalms 31:2 Psalms 37:14 Psalms 44:6 Psalms 46:9 Psalms 58:7 Psalms 72:9 Psalms 76:3 Psalms 78:57 Psalms 86:1 Psalms 95:6 Psalms 144:5 Proverbs 5:1 Proverbs 14:19 Proverbs 22:17 Ecclesiastes 12:3 Isaiah 10:4 Isaiah 21:15 Isaiah 41:2 Isaiah 45:23 Isaiah 46:2 Isaiah 49:23 Isaiah 51:23 Isaiah 58:5 Isaiah 60:14 Isaiah 65:12 Isaiah 66:19 Jeremiah 6:23 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 46:9 Jeremiah 49:35 Jeremiah 50:14 Jeremiah 50:29 Jeremiah 50:42 Jeremiah 51:3 Lamentations 2:4 Lamentations 3:12 Ezekiel 1:28 Ezekiel 39:3 Hosea 1:5 Hosea 1:7 Hosea 2:18 Hosea 7:16 Amos 2:15 Micah 6:6 Habakkuk 3:6 Habakkuk 3:9 Zechariah 9:10 Zechariah 9:13 Zechariah 10:4 Romans 11:10 Romans 14:11 Ephesians 3:14 Philippians 2:10 Revelation 6:2

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Genesis 9:13 Deuteronomy 5:9 2 Kings 13:16 Psalms 22:29 Proverbs 14:19 Jeremiah 6:23 Hosea 1:7 Revelation 6:2

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission.

volume 1, leaf 301, column 3 (main_dictionary)