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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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Isaiah 7:24
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:24 · retained source text

With arrowes and with bowes shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briars and thornes.

Isaiah 13:18
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:18 · retained source text

Their bowes also shall dash the yong men to pieces, and they shall haue no pitie on the fruit of the wombe; their eye shall not spare children.

Jeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:56 · retained source text

Because the spoiler is come vpon her, euen vpon Babylon, and her mightie men are taken, euery one of their bowes is broken, for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely requite.

Ezekiel 39:9
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:9 · retained source text

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall goe forth, and shall set on fire, and burne the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bowes and the arrowes, and the handstaues and the speares, and they shall burne them with fire seuen yeeres.

1611 marginal noteOr, iauelins.

1611 marginal noteOr, make a fire of them.

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