Dart

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.

(2): ( v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

(3): ( v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

(4): ( n.) A spear set as a prize in running.

(5): ( n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

(6): ( n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

(7): ( v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

(8): ( v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Βέλος (Strong'S #956 — Noun Neuter — belos — bel'-os )

akin to ballo, "to throw," denotes "a missile, an arrow, javelin, dart, etc.,"  Ephesians 6:16 (see Fiery Cp. bole, "a stone's throw or cast,"   Luke 22:41; bolizo, "to sound" (to fathom the depth of water),  Acts 27:28 .

 Hebrews 12:20

King James Dictionary

D'ART, n. Gr., a spear or lance.

1. A pointed missile weapon to be thrown by the hand a short lance. 2. Any missile weapon that which pierces and wounds.

And from about her shot darts of desire.

D'ART,

1. To throw a pointed instrument with a sudden thrust as, to dart a javelin. 2. To throw suddenly or rapidly to send to emit to shoot applied to small objects, which pass with velocity as, the sun darts his beams on the earth.

Or what eyes malignant glances dart. Pope.

D'ART,

1. To fly or shoot, as a dart to fly rapidly. 2. To spring and run with velocity to start suddenly and run as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Arrow, short spear, javelin.  2 Samuel 18:14;  2 Chronicles 32:5;  Job 41:26,29;  Proverbs 7:23 . Fiery Darts signify darts tipped with combustible material which ignite in the projection or percussion and burn as well as pierce.  Ephesians 6:16 : cf.  Psalm 120:4 . The Christian needs the shield of faith to quench such darts of the wicked one.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 18:14 Proverbs 7:23 Ephesians 6:16 Psalm 7:13 Psalm 120:4 Ephesians 6:16

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Proverbs 7:23 (b) This describes the shaft of sorrow and disaster which suddenly overtakes one who lives a wicked life.

 Ephesians 6:16 (b) This is a type of Satan's arguments and reasonings, as well as his seductive statements which lead the soul astray.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Ephesians 6:16 Deuteronomy 32:23,42 Psalm 7:13 120:4

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

DART . See Armour, Arms, § 1 ( b ).

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

See Armour.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(in  Proverbs 7:23, חֵוֹ , Chets , an arrow, as elsewhere; in  Job 41:26, מִסָּע , Massa , an arrow; in  2 Samuel 17:14, שֵׁבֶט , Sherbet , a rod or staff, as elsewhere; in  2 Chronicles 32:5, שֶׁלִח , She'Lach , any missile weapon; in  Job 41:29, תּוֹתָח , Tothach , a bludgeon; in the New. Test. Βέλος ,  Ephesians 6:16, or Βολίς ,  Hebrews 12:20, a javelin), an instrument of war similar to an arrow or light spear. It is thought that the Hebrews were in the habit of discharging darts from the bow while on fire. These fiery darts were made of the shrub Rothem or Spanish broom (the Spartium Junceum of Linn.), which grows abundantly in the Arabian desert. It is probably in reference to this fact that arrows are sometimes compared to lightnings ( Deuteronomy 32:23;  Deuteronomy 32:42;  Psalms 7:13;  Psalms 120:4;  Zechariah 9:14). The fiery darts among the Romans, according to Ammianus Marcellinus, consisted of a hollow reed, to the lower part of which, under the point or barb, was fastened a round receptacle, made of iron, for combustible materials, so that such an arrow had the form of a distaff. This was filled with burning naphtha, and when the arrow or dart was shot from a slack bow (for if discharged from a tight bow the fire went out) it struck the enemies' ranks and remained fixed, the flame consuming whatever it met with; water poured on it increased its violence, and there were no other means to extinguish it but by throwing earth upon it. Similar darts or arrows, which were twined round with tar and pitch and set fire to, are described by Livy as having been made use of by the inhabitants of the city of Saguntum when besieged by the Romans (Hist. 21:9). The apostle alludes to these fiery darts in  Ephesians 6:11-16. (See Arms).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dart ( חץ , ḥēc  ; βέλος , bélos ): A pointed missile weapon, as an arrow or light spear ( 2 Samuel 18:14;  Job 41:26 ). See Armor; Arms , III, 4; Arrow .

Figurative: (1) Of the penalty of sin (  Proverbs 7:23 the King James Version); (2) of strong suggestions and fierce temptations to evil (  Ephesians 6:16; compare 1 Macc 5:51 ).