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bows

Meaning of “bows”

Plural of bow: curved weapons for shooting arrows.

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14 occurrences14 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 2:4

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Nehemiah 4:13
¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:13 · retained source text

¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I euen set the people, after their families, with their swords, their speares, and their bowes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the lower parts of the place, &c.

Nehemiah 4:16
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:16 · retained source text

And it came to passe from that time forth, that the halfe of my seruants wrought in the worke, and the other halfe of them held both the speares, the shields and the bowes, and the habergeons, and the rulers were behind all the house of Iudah.

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