Dict: easton - Bow

Bow @ The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase kjv@Genesis:21:20 kjv@Genesis:27:3 kjv@Genesis:48:22 ). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:40 kjv@1Chronicles:12:2; kjv@2Chronicals:14:8 kjv@2Chronicals:17:17); so also were the Elamites kjv@Isaiah:22:6) and the Lydians kjv@Jeremiah:46:9). The Hebrew word commonly used for bow means properly to tread ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:18 kjv@1Chronicles:8:40), and hence it is concluded that the foot was employed in bending the bow. Bows of steel (correctly "copper") are mentioned ( kjv@2Samuel:22:35; kjv@Psalms:18:34). The arrows were carried in a quiver kjv@Genesis:27:3; kjv@Isaiah:22:6 kjv@Isaiah:49:2; kjv@Psalms:127:5). They were apparently sometimes shot with some burning material attached to them kjv@Psalms:120:4). The bow is a symbol of victory kjv@Psalms:7:12). It denotes also falsehood, deceit kjv@Psalms:64:3-4; kjv@Hosea:7:16; kjv@Jeremiah:9:3). "The use of the bow" in kjv@2Samuel:1:18 (A.V.) ought to be "the song of the bow," as in the Revised Version.