Artillery

King James Dictionary

ARTIL'LERY, n. This word has no plural.

1. In a general sense, offensive weapons of war. Hence it was formerly used for bows and arrows.

And Jonathan gave his artillery to his lad.  1 Samuel 20 .

But in present usage, appropriately,

2. Canon great guns ordinance, including guns, mortars and grenades, with their furniture of carriages, balls, bombs and shot of all kinds. 3. In a more extended sense, the word includes powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses that belong to a train of artillery. 4. The men who manage cannon and mortars, including matrosses, gunners, bombardiers, cannoniers, or by whatever name they are called, with the officers, engineers and persons who supply the artillery with implements and materials.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

(2): (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

(3): (n.) The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.

(4): (n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Artillery .   1 Samuel 20:40 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] (in obsol. sense, of Jonathan’s bow and arrows; RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘weapons’); 1Ma 6:51 f. (see Fortification, § 7).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A general term for tools, armour, etc. In  1 Samuel 20:40 it refers to the bow and arrows Jonathan had used.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 20:40

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( כְּלִי , Keli', Apparatus, elsewhere rendered "vessel," "instrument," etc.) occurs in  1 Samuel 20:40, where it signifies collectively any missile Weapons, as arrows and lances. (See Armor). In  1 Maccabees 6:51, the term so rendered is Βελόστασις , i.e. Balista, or "catapult," a machine for hurling darts or stones. (See Engine).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ar til´ẽr i כּלי kelı̄  1 Samuel 20:40Weapons