BOW

1. A WEAPON Ge 21:16,20

• Made of brass (R. V.) 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps 18:34
• Of wood Eze 39:9
• Used in war Isa 13:18; La 2:4; Eze 39:3
• Used by the Elamites Jer 49:35
• David instructed the Israelites in the use of, by writing a war song to 2Sa 1:18
• Used in hunting
• See ARCHERY
• See ARROW

→ FIGURATIVE Ge 49:24; Job 16:13; 29:20; Ps 78:57; La 3:12; Ho 1:5; Hab 3:9; Re 6:2

2. A TOKEN IN THE CLOUDS Ge 9:8-17; Eze 1:28; Re 4:3; 10:1