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Bow

Bow bo. See ARCHERY.

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Bow bo.

See ARCHERY.

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Archery

Archery (1) The art of using the arcus, or bow and arrow for hunting and in battle is of great antiquity. It is mentioned in Ge 21:20, as well as in the Iliad and the Odyssey, and depicted on Egyptian monument...

Bow, in the cloud

Bow, in the cloud bo: Reference to the promise made to Noah (Ge 9:13) preserved in the Constellation figures. See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 4.

Bow; Bowing

Bow; Bowing bou, bou'-ing. See ADORATION; ATTITUDES.

Battle-Bow

Battle-Bow bat'-'-l-bo: Found in the striking Messianic prophecy: "The battle bow shall be cut off" (Zec 9:10). The prophet is predicting the peace that shall prevail when Zion's king cometh, "just, and having...

Bowels

Bowels bou'-elz (me`ah, plural me`im, rechem, plural rachamim; splagchnion): (1) Literal: The literal meaning of these words is intestines, then the abdomen, the womb (matrix and uterus). As will be seen there...

Bowing

Bowing bou'-ing (naTah, "to incline," "bulge"): The Psalmist's assailants expected that he would be "like a leaning (the King James Version "bowing") wall" (Ps 62:3) before their united attack, as when an ill-...

Bowl

Bowl bol: (1) The primitive Hebrews, like the wandering Bedouin of today, probably used bowls of wood, as less breakable than earthenware. Some hollow dish of the sort would be indispensable, even in the lowes...

Bowman

Bowman bo'-man: Israel seems not to have been equal to the surrounding peoples in the use of the bow. The battle of Gilboa was clearly lost through the superior skill of the Philistine bowmen. This seems to ha...

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