Arrow

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ARROW.—See Armour, and Magic Divination, etc.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


See ARMS. Divination with arrows was a method of presaging future events, practised by the ancients. Eze_21:21, informs us, that Nebuchadnezzar, putting himself at the head of his armies, to march against Zedekiah, king of the Jews, and against the king of the Ammonites, stood at the parting of two ways, to mingle his arrows together in a quiver, in order to divine from thence which way he should march. Jerom, Theodoret, and the modern commentators after them, believe that this prince took several arrows, and upon each of them wrote the name of the king, town, or province, which he was to attack; for example, upon one, Jerusalem; upon another, Rabbah, the capital of the Ammonites; and upon another, Egypt, &c. After having put these into a quiver, he shook them together, and then drew them out; and the arrow which was drawn was thought to declare the will of the gods to attack first that city, province, or kingdom, with whose name it was inscribed.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.


ar?ō. See ARCHERY; ARMOR.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


This word is frequently used as the symbol of calamities or diseases inflicted by God (Job_6:4; Job_34:6; Psa_38:2; Deu_32:23; comp. Eze_5:16; Zec_9:14). Lightnings are, by a very fine figure, described as the arrows of God (Psa_18:14; Psa_144:6; Hab_3:11; comp. Wisdom of Solomon 5:21; 2Sa_22:15). 'Arrow' is occasionally used to denote some sudden or inevitable danger; as in Psa_91:5 :?'The arrow that flieth by day.' It is also figurative of anything injurious, as a deceitful tongue (Psa_129:4; Jer_9:7); a bitter word (Psa_64:3); a false testimony (Pro_25:18). The arrow is, however, not always symbolical of evil. In Psa_127:4-5, well-conditioned children are compared to 'arrows in the hands of a mighty man;' i.e. instruments of power and action. The arrow is also used in a good sense to denote the efficient and irresistible energy of the word of God in the hands of the Messiah (Psa_45:5; Isa_49:2).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Deu_32:23 (b) These arrows may be GOD's terrible judgment which He sent upon the people because of their idolatry and rebellion. (See also Num_24:8; Zec_9:14).

2Ki_13:17 (a) Here the arrow represents the power, wisdom and love of GOD in finding a certain and sure way of delivering the people of GOD from their enemies.

Job_6:4 (b) The misfortunes which GOD permitted to come upon Job are described as arrows.

Psa_11:2 (a) Here the arrow represents wicked devices and evil words which the wicked use against the righteous. (See also Psa_91:5; Pro_25:18).

Psa_64:7 (b) The calamity which GOD Himself will bring suddenly and swiftly upon His enemies is described as "arrows."

Psa_127:4 (a) These arrows represent the children of great men who, under the training of the parents, became alert, skillful and educated men, who may be used abundantly in GOD's great business.

Jer_9:8 (a) The tongue that speaks deceitfully and makes evil statements about another is described as a sharp arrow that wounds and hurts.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Arrow
There are several words thus rendered in the English Bible, namely properly חֵו ֹ(chets, from its sharpness), of frequent occurrence (rendered "dart" in Pro_7:23; "wound," i.e. of an arrow, Job_34:6; "staff" by an error of transcription for עֵוֹ, the haft of a spear, 1Sa_17:7), with its derivatives חֵצִי (chetsi', 1Sa_20:36-38; 2Ki_9:24) and חָצִוֹ (chatats', Psa_77:17; elsewhere "gravel"); poetically רֶשֶׁ (re'sheph, Psalm 76:31, lightning, as it is elsewhere rendered), and בֶּןאּקֶשֶׁה (ben-ke'sheth, i.e. son of a bow, Job_41:28). Among the Hebrews arrows were probably at first made of reed, as common among the Egyptians; subsequently they were made from some light sort of wood, and tipped with an iron point. Whether they were ever dipped in poison is not clear from Job_6:4; Deu_32:24. They were often composed, in part at least, of the shrub רֹתֶם, ro'them, "juniper," which, being discharged from the bow while on fire, kindled upon the baggage or armament of the enemy (Psa_120:4; Job_30:4). Hence arrows are sometimes put tropically for lightnings (Deu_32:23; Deu_32:42; Psa_7:13; Zec_9:14). Arrows were used in war as well as in hunting (Gen_27:3; Gen_47:22). SEE ARCHER. They were kept in a case called a quiver (q.v.), which was slung over the shoulder in such a position that the soldier could draw them out when needed (Psa_91:5; Psa_120:4). SEE BOW. They were also used in divination (Eze_21:21). SEE DIVINATION. The arrows of the ancient Egyptians varied from 22 to 34 inches in length; some were of wood, others of reed; frequently tipped with a metal head, and winged with three feathers, glued longitudinally, and at equal distances, upon the other end of the shaft, as on modern arrows. Sometimes, instead of the metal head, a piece of hard wood was inserted into the reed, which terminated in a long tapering point; but these were of too light and powerless a nature to be employed in war, and could only have been intended for the chase; in others, the place of the metal was supplied by a small piece of flint or other sharp stone, secured by a firm black paste; and although used occasionally-in battle, they appear from the sculptures to have belonged more particularly to the huntsman; while the arrows of archers are generally represented with bronze heads, some barbed, others triangular, and many with three or four projecting blades, placed at right angles and meeting in a common point (Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. i, 356). The ancient Assyrians appear also to have used arrows made of reeds, which were kept in a quiver slung over the back. The barbs were of iron and copper, several of which have been discovered among the ruins (Layard, Nineveh, ii, 263). SEE ARMOR.
The word "arrow" is frequently used as the symbol of calamity or disease inflicted by God (Job_6:4; Job_34:6; Psa_38:2; Deu_32:23; comp. Eze_5:16; Zec_9:14). The metaphor thus applied was also in use among the heathen (Ovid, Ep. 16:275). It derived its propriety and force from the popular belief that all diseases were immediate and special inflictions from heaven. Lightnings are, by a very fine figure, described as the arrows of God (Psa_18:14; Psa_144:6; Hab_3:11; compare Wisd. v, 21; 2Sa_22:15). "Arrow" is occasionally used to denote some sudden or inevitable danger, as in Psa_91:5 : "The arrow that flieth by day." It is also figurative of any thing injurious, as a deceitful tongue Psa_129:4; Jer_9:7), a bitter word (Psa_64:3), a false testimony (Pro_25:18). As symbolical of oral wrong the figure may perhaps have been de. rived from the darting " arrowy tongue" of serpents. The arrow, however, is not always symbolical of evil In Psa_127:4-5, well-conditioned children are com. pared to "arrows in the hands of a mighty man." i.e. instruments of power and action. The arrow is also used in a good sense to denote the efficient and irresistible energy of the word of God in the hands of the Messiah (Psa_45:6; Isa_44:2; comp. Lowth's note thereon). (See Wemyss, Claris Symbolica, s.v.)



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