Bow
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BOW or RAINBOW. God, after the flood, took the rainbow, previously but a natural object of sight shining beautifully in the sky, when the sun's rays are refracted through failing rain at different angles and so produce different prismatic colors, and elevated it to spiritual significance, to be to Noah and the world the sign of His love and pledge of His sparing mercy, that He would no more destroy the earth with waters. The language in Genesis gives no reason for supposing the writer ignorant of the natural cause of the rainbow, as if he made God then for the first time setting it in the sky. So naathan, "give," means appoint in Num_14:4; 1Sa_12:13; 1Ki_2:35.
It is the pledge of "the world's covenant, not the church's, a charter of natural blessings." "Set" means simply, "I do appoint My bow in the cloud" (Gen_9:13-16). In Eze_1:28 and Rev_4:3 the rainbow round about the throne of Jehovah is the symbol of mercy to God's children amidst coming judgments on the wicked. Though the divine righteousness requires a deluge of wrath on the faithless, God's faithfulness will only shine forth on the elect remnant the brighter for the tribulation that necessarily precedes (compare Isa_54:8-10). The complete circle typifies God's perfection and eternity, not broken into a half, as the earthly rainbow. As the various prismatic colors unite to form one pure ray, so God's varied providence combine in one harmonious whole.
As the rainbow was reflected on the waters of the world's ruin, and is seen only when a cloud is over the earth, so another deluge of fire shall precede the new heavens and earth" granted to redeemed man, as the earth after the flood was restored to Noah. The cloud was the token of God's presence in Israel's wilderness journey and in the holiest place of the temple; and on Mount Sinai at the giving of the law; and at the Lord's ascension (Act_1:9), and at His coming again (Rev_1:7). The bow represents calm sunshine after the world's shipwreck through sin. It is the emblem of God's loving faithfulness to His covenant with His people, and the pledge of sure hope to them.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Bow. Gen_37:10.
1. The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forward till it touched the ground.
2. See Arms.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
The expression, to break the bow, so frequent in Scripture, signifies to destroy the power of a people, because the principal offensive weapon, of armies, was anciently the bow. A deceitful bow in one that, from some defect, either in bending or the string, carries the arrow wide of the mark, however well aimed. See ARMS.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
bō. See ARCHERY.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bow [ARMS]. The bow is frequently mentioned symbolically in Scripture. In Psa_7:12 it implies victory, signifying judgments laid up in store against offenders. It is sometimes used to denote lying and falsehood (Psa_64:3; Psa_120:4; Jer_9:3), probably from the many circumstances which tend to render a bow inoperative, especially in unskillful hands. Hence also 'a deceitful bow' (Psa_78:57; Hos_7:16). The bow also signifies any kind of arms. The bow and spear are the most frequently mentioned, because the ancients used these most (Psa_44:6; Psa_46:9; Zec_10:4; Jos_24:12). In Hab_3:9 'thy bow was made bare,' means that it was drawn out of its case. The Orientals used to carry their bows in a case hung on their girdles.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Bow
(קֶשֶׁת, ke'sheth; τόξον), one of the most extensively employed and (among primitive nations) efficient implements of missile attack. SEE ARMOR. It is met with in the earliest stages of history, in use both for the chase (Gen_21:20; Gen_27:3) and war (Gen_48:22). In later times archers accompanied the armies of the Philistines (1Sa_31:3; 1Ch_10:3) and of the Syrians (1Ki_22:34). Among the Jews its use was not confined to the common soldiers, but captains high in rank, as Jehu (2Ki_9:24), and even kings' sons (1Sa_18:4), carried the bow, and were expert and sure in its use (2Sa_1:22).
The tribe of Benjamin seems to have been especially addicted to archery (1Ch_8:40; 1Ch_12:2; 2Ch_14:8; 2Ch_17:7), but there were also bowmen among Reuben, Gad, Manasseh (1Ch_5:18); and Ephraim (Psa_78:9). The bow seems to have been bent with the aid of the foot, as now, for the word commonly used for it is דָּרִךְ, to tread (1Ch_5:18; 1Ch_8:40; 2Ch_14:8; Isa_5:18; Psa_7:12, etc.). Bows of steel (or perhaps copper, נְחוּשָׁה) are mentioned as if specially strong (2Sa_22:5; Psa_18:34). The string is occasionally named (יֶתֶר, ye'ther, or מֵיתָר, meythar'). It was probably at first some bind-weed or natural cord, since the same word is used in Jdg_16:7-9, for "green withs." In the allusion to bows in 1Ch_12:2, it will be observed that the sentence in the original stands "could use both the right hand and the left in stones and arrows out of a bow," the words "hurling" and "shooting" being interpolated by the translators. It is possible that a kind of bow for shooting bullets or stones is here alluded to, like the pellet-bow of India, or the " stonebow" in use in the Middle Ages, and to which allusion is made by Shakspeare (Twelfth NiSht, ii, 5), and which in Wis_5:22, is employed as the translation of πετροβόλος. This latter word occurs in the Sept. text of 1Sa_14:14, in a curious variation of a passage which in the Hebrew is hardly intelligible-- ἐν βολίσι, καὶ ἐν πετροβόλοις, καὶ ἐν κόχλαξι τοῦ πεδίου "with things thrown, and with stone-bows, and with flints of the field." If this be accepted as the true reading, we have here, by comparison with 14:27, 43, an interesting confirmation of the statement (13:1922) of the degree to which the Philistines had deprived the people of arms, leaving to the king himself nothing but his faithful spear, and to his son no sword, no shield, and nothing but a stone-bow and a staff (Auth. Vers. "rod"). SEE BOWMAN.
The ARROWS (חַצַּים, chitstsf.') were carried in a quiver (תְּלַי, teli', Gen_27:3; or אִשַׁפִּח, ashpach', Psa_22:6; Psa_49:2; Psa_127:5). From an allusion in Job_6:4, they would seem to have been sometimes poisoned; and the "sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of juniper," in Psa_120:4, may point to a practice of ulsing arrows with some burning material attached to them. SEE ARCHER.
The bow is frequently mentioned symbolically in Scripture. In Psa_7:12, it implies victory, signifying judgments laid up in store against offenders. It is sometimes used to denote lying and falsehood (Psa_64:4; Psa_120:4; Jer_9:11), probably from the many circumstances which tend to render a bow inoperative, especially in unskilful hands. Hence also " a deceitful bow" (Psa_78:57; Hos_7:16), with which compare Virgil's "Perfidus ensis frangitur" (AEn. 12:731). The bow also signifies any kind of arms. The bow and the spear are most frequently mentioned, because the ancients used these most (Psa_44:6; Psa_46:9; Zec_10:4; Jos_24:12). In Hab_3:9, "thy bow was made bare" means that it was drawn out of its case. The Orientals used to carry their bows in a case hung on their girdles. See Wemyss, Sym.Dic. s.v. 1 In 2 Samuel i, 18, the Auth. Vers. has, " Also he (David) bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow." "Here," says Professor Robinson (Addit. to Calmet), "the words 'the use of are not in the Hebrew, and convey a sense entirely false to the English reader. It should be 'teach them the bow,' i.e. the song of THE BOW, from the mention of this weapon in v. 22. This mode of selecting an inscription to a poem or work is common in the East; so in the Koran the second Sura is entitled the cow, from the incidental mention in it of the red heifer; comp. Num_19:2. In a similar manner, the names of the books of the Pentateuch in the Hebrew Bibles are merely the first word in each book." SEE POETRY, HEBREW.
For the "Bow IN THE CLOUD," SEE RAINBOW.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
It is the pledge of "the world's covenant, not the church's, a charter of natural blessings." "Set" means simply, "I do appoint My bow in the cloud" (Gen_9:13-16). In Eze_1:28 and Rev_4:3 the rainbow round about the throne of Jehovah is the symbol of mercy to God's children amidst coming judgments on the wicked. Though the divine righteousness requires a deluge of wrath on the faithless, God's faithfulness will only shine forth on the elect remnant the brighter for the tribulation that necessarily precedes (compare Isa_54:8-10). The complete circle typifies God's perfection and eternity, not broken into a half, as the earthly rainbow. As the various prismatic colors unite to form one pure ray, so God's varied providence combine in one harmonious whole.
As the rainbow was reflected on the waters of the world's ruin, and is seen only when a cloud is over the earth, so another deluge of fire shall precede the new heavens and earth" granted to redeemed man, as the earth after the flood was restored to Noah. The cloud was the token of God's presence in Israel's wilderness journey and in the holiest place of the temple; and on Mount Sinai at the giving of the law; and at the Lord's ascension (Act_1:9), and at His coming again (Rev_1:7). The bow represents calm sunshine after the world's shipwreck through sin. It is the emblem of God's loving faithfulness to His covenant with His people, and the pledge of sure hope to them.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Bow. Gen_37:10.
1. The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forward till it touched the ground.
2. See Arms.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
The expression, to break the bow, so frequent in Scripture, signifies to destroy the power of a people, because the principal offensive weapon, of armies, was anciently the bow. A deceitful bow in one that, from some defect, either in bending or the string, carries the arrow wide of the mark, however well aimed. See ARMS.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
bō. See ARCHERY.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bow [ARMS]. The bow is frequently mentioned symbolically in Scripture. In Psa_7:12 it implies victory, signifying judgments laid up in store against offenders. It is sometimes used to denote lying and falsehood (Psa_64:3; Psa_120:4; Jer_9:3), probably from the many circumstances which tend to render a bow inoperative, especially in unskillful hands. Hence also 'a deceitful bow' (Psa_78:57; Hos_7:16). The bow also signifies any kind of arms. The bow and spear are the most frequently mentioned, because the ancients used these most (Psa_44:6; Psa_46:9; Zec_10:4; Jos_24:12). In Hab_3:9 'thy bow was made bare,' means that it was drawn out of its case. The Orientals used to carry their bows in a case hung on their girdles.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Bow
(קֶשֶׁת, ke'sheth; τόξον), one of the most extensively employed and (among primitive nations) efficient implements of missile attack. SEE ARMOR. It is met with in the earliest stages of history, in use both for the chase (Gen_21:20; Gen_27:3) and war (Gen_48:22). In later times archers accompanied the armies of the Philistines (1Sa_31:3; 1Ch_10:3) and of the Syrians (1Ki_22:34). Among the Jews its use was not confined to the common soldiers, but captains high in rank, as Jehu (2Ki_9:24), and even kings' sons (1Sa_18:4), carried the bow, and were expert and sure in its use (2Sa_1:22).
The tribe of Benjamin seems to have been especially addicted to archery (1Ch_8:40; 1Ch_12:2; 2Ch_14:8; 2Ch_17:7), but there were also bowmen among Reuben, Gad, Manasseh (1Ch_5:18); and Ephraim (Psa_78:9). The bow seems to have been bent with the aid of the foot, as now, for the word commonly used for it is דָּרִךְ, to tread (1Ch_5:18; 1Ch_8:40; 2Ch_14:8; Isa_5:18; Psa_7:12, etc.). Bows of steel (or perhaps copper, נְחוּשָׁה) are mentioned as if specially strong (2Sa_22:5; Psa_18:34). The string is occasionally named (יֶתֶר, ye'ther, or מֵיתָר, meythar'). It was probably at first some bind-weed or natural cord, since the same word is used in Jdg_16:7-9, for "green withs." In the allusion to bows in 1Ch_12:2, it will be observed that the sentence in the original stands "could use both the right hand and the left in stones and arrows out of a bow," the words "hurling" and "shooting" being interpolated by the translators. It is possible that a kind of bow for shooting bullets or stones is here alluded to, like the pellet-bow of India, or the " stonebow" in use in the Middle Ages, and to which allusion is made by Shakspeare (Twelfth NiSht, ii, 5), and which in Wis_5:22, is employed as the translation of πετροβόλος. This latter word occurs in the Sept. text of 1Sa_14:14, in a curious variation of a passage which in the Hebrew is hardly intelligible-- ἐν βολίσι, καὶ ἐν πετροβόλοις, καὶ ἐν κόχλαξι τοῦ πεδίου "with things thrown, and with stone-bows, and with flints of the field." If this be accepted as the true reading, we have here, by comparison with 14:27, 43, an interesting confirmation of the statement (13:1922) of the degree to which the Philistines had deprived the people of arms, leaving to the king himself nothing but his faithful spear, and to his son no sword, no shield, and nothing but a stone-bow and a staff (Auth. Vers. "rod"). SEE BOWMAN.
The ARROWS (חַצַּים, chitstsf.') were carried in a quiver (תְּלַי, teli', Gen_27:3; or אִשַׁפִּח, ashpach', Psa_22:6; Psa_49:2; Psa_127:5). From an allusion in Job_6:4, they would seem to have been sometimes poisoned; and the "sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of juniper," in Psa_120:4, may point to a practice of ulsing arrows with some burning material attached to them. SEE ARCHER.
The bow is frequently mentioned symbolically in Scripture. In Psa_7:12, it implies victory, signifying judgments laid up in store against offenders. It is sometimes used to denote lying and falsehood (Psa_64:4; Psa_120:4; Jer_9:11), probably from the many circumstances which tend to render a bow inoperative, especially in unskilful hands. Hence also " a deceitful bow" (Psa_78:57; Hos_7:16), with which compare Virgil's "Perfidus ensis frangitur" (AEn. 12:731). The bow also signifies any kind of arms. The bow and the spear are most frequently mentioned, because the ancients used these most (Psa_44:6; Psa_46:9; Zec_10:4; Jos_24:12). In Hab_3:9, "thy bow was made bare" means that it was drawn out of its case. The Orientals used to carry their bows in a case hung on their girdles. See Wemyss, Sym.Dic. s.v. 1 In 2 Samuel i, 18, the Auth. Vers. has, " Also he (David) bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow." "Here," says Professor Robinson (Addit. to Calmet), "the words 'the use of are not in the Hebrew, and convey a sense entirely false to the English reader. It should be 'teach them the bow,' i.e. the song of THE BOW, from the mention of this weapon in v. 22. This mode of selecting an inscription to a poem or work is common in the East; so in the Koran the second Sura is entitled the cow, from the incidental mention in it of the red heifer; comp. Num_19:2. In a similar manner, the names of the books of the Pentateuch in the Hebrew Bibles are merely the first word in each book." SEE POETRY, HEBREW.
For the "Bow IN THE CLOUD," SEE RAINBOW.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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