Dict: easton - Archer

Archer @ a shooter with the bow ( kjv@1Chronicles:10:3). This art was of high antiquity kjv@Genesis:21:20 kjv@Genesis:27:3). Saul was wounded by the Philistine archers ( kjv@1Samuel:31:3). The phrase "breaking the bow" kjv@Hosea:1:5; kjv@Jeremiah:49:35) is equivalent to taking away one's power, while "strengthening the bow" is a symbol of its increase kjv@Genesis:49:24). The Persian archers were famous among the ancients kjv@Isaiah:13:18; kjv@Jeremiah:49:35 kjv@Jeremiah:50:9 kjv@Jeremiah:50:14, 29, 42.) (
See BOW).