Difference between revisions of "Bow"

<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. t.) A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; - often with down. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (v. i.) To bend; to curve. </p> <p> '''(13):''' (v. i.) To stop. </p> <p> '''(14):''' (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow. </p> <p> '''(15):''' (v. i.) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow. </p> <p> '''(16):''' (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility. </p> <p> '''(17):''' (v. t.) [[Anything]] bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. </p> <p> '''(18):''' (v. i.) To manage the bow. </p> <p> '''(19):''' (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string. </p> <p> '''(20):''' (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke. </p> <p> '''(21):''' (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument. </p> <p> '''(22):''' (v. t.) An arcograph. </p> <p> '''(23):''' (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters. </p>

<p> BOW or RAINBOW. God, after the flood, took the rainbow, previously but a natural object of sight shining beautifully in the sky, when the sun's rays are refracted through failing rain at different angles and so produce different prismatic colors, and elevated it to spiritual significance, to be to [[Noah]] and the world the sign of His love and pledge of His sparing mercy, that He would no more destroy the earth with waters. The language in [[Genesis]] gives no reason for supposing the writer ignorant of the natural cause of the rainbow, as if he made God then for the first time setting it in the sky. So naathan , "give," means appoint in &nbsp;Numbers 14:4; &nbsp;1 Samuel 12:13; &nbsp;1 Kings 2:35. </p> <p> It is the pledge of "the world's covenant, not the church's, a charter of natural blessings." "Set" means simply, "I do appoint My bow in the cloud" (&nbsp;Genesis 9:13-16). In &nbsp;Ezekiel 1:28 and &nbsp;Revelation 4:3 the rainbow round about the throne of [[Jehovah]] is the symbol of mercy to God's children amidst coming judgments on the wicked. Though the divine righteousness requires a deluge of wrath on the faithless, God's faithfulness will only shine forth on the elect remnant the brighter for the tribulation that necessarily precedes (compare &nbsp;Isaiah 54:8-10). The complete circle typifies God's perfection and eternity, not broken into a half, as the earthly rainbow. As the various prismatic colors unite to form one pure ray, so God's varied providence combine in one harmonious whole. </p> <p> As the rainbow was reflected on the waters of the world's ruin, and is seen only when a cloud is over the earth, so another deluge of fire shall precede the new heavens and earth" granted to redeemed man, as the earth after the flood was restored to Noah. The cloud was the token of God's presence in Israel's wilderness journey and in the holiest place of the temple; and on Mount [[Sinai]] at the giving of the law; and at the Lord's ascension (&nbsp;Acts 1:9), and at His coming again (&nbsp;Revelation 1:7). The bow represents calm sunshine after the world's shipwreck through sin. It is the emblem of God's loving faithfulness to His covenant with His people, and the pledge of sure hope to them. </p>

<p> The bow, in [[Scripture]] language meaneth much more than the instrument called the bow, used in war. Hence, the dying patriarch, when blessing Joseph, speaks of "his bow abiding in strength, because his arms were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob. From thence (said the patriarch), is the shepherd the stone of Israel." (&nbsp;Genesis 49:24) And the [[Redeemer]] himself is represented as having "a bow, when a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer." (&nbsp;Revelation 6:2) And there can be no doubt, but that the bow mentioned by the dying patriarch referred to Christ. Hence, in allusion to the same, JEHOVAH saith, "I do set my bow in the cloud." (&nbsp;Genesis 9:13) And hence John, when he saw heaven opened, beheld "a rainbow round about 1he throne." (&nbsp;Revelation 4:3) And the mighty angel he saw "clothed with a cloud, had a rainbow upon his head." (&nbsp;Revelation 10:1) It is blessed to view Jesus thus constantly typified. </p>

<div> '''1: τόξον ''' (Strong'S #5115 — Noun Neuter — toxon — tox'-on ) </div> <p> "a bow," is used in &nbsp;Revelation 6:2 . Cp. &nbsp;Habakkuk 3:8,9 . The instrument is frequently mentioned in the Sept., especially in the Psalms. </p>

<p> The expression, "to break the bow," so frequent in Scripture, signifies to destroy the power of a people, because the principal offensive weapon, of armies, was anciently the bow. "A deceitful bow" in one that, from some defect, either in bending or the string, carries the arrow wide of the mark, however well aimed. See ARMS . </p>

<p> '''Bow.''' &nbsp;Genesis 37:10. </p> <p> 1. The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forward till it touched the ground. </p> <p> 2. See '''Arms''' . </p>

<p> '''Bow.''' &nbsp;Genesis 27:3. See [[Arms.]] </p>

<p> (קֶשֶׁת, ke'sheth; τόξον), one of the most extensively employed and (among primitive nations) efficient implements of missile attack. (See [[Armor]]). It is met with in the earliest stages of history, in use both for the chase (&nbsp;Genesis 21:20; &nbsp;Genesis 27:3) and war (&nbsp;Genesis 48:22). In later times archers accompanied the armies of the [[Philistines]] (&nbsp;1 Samuel 31:3; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:3) and of the [[Syrians]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 22:34). Among the Jews its use was not confined to the common soldiers, but captains high in rank, as [[Jehu]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 9:24), and even kings' sons (&nbsp;1 Samuel 18:4), carried the bow, and were expert and sure in its use (&nbsp;2 Samuel 1:22). </p> <p> The tribe of [[Benjamin]] seems to have been especially addicted to archery (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:40; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:2; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 14:8; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 17:7), but there were also bowmen among Reuben, Gad, [[Manasseh]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 5:18); and [[Ephraim]] (&nbsp;Psalms 78:9). The bow seems to have been bent with the aid of the foot, as now, for the word commonly used for it is דָּרִךְ, to tread (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 5:18; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:40; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 14:8; &nbsp;Isaiah 5:18; &nbsp;Psalms 7:12, etc.). Bows of steel (or perhaps copper, נְחוּשָׁה ) are mentioned as if specially strong (&nbsp;2 Samuel 22:5; &nbsp;Psalms 18:34). The string is occasionally named (יֶתֶר, ye'ther, or מֵיתָר, meythar'). It was probably at first some bind-weed or natural cord, since the same word is used in &nbsp;Judges 16:7-9, for "green withs." In the allusion to bows in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:2, it will be observed that the sentence in the original stands "could use both the right hand and the left in stones and arrows out of a bow," the words "hurling" and "shooting" being interpolated by the translators. It is possible that a kind of bow for shooting bullets or stones is here alluded to, like the pellet-bow of India, or the " stonebow" in use in the Middle Ages, and to which allusion is made by Shakspeare (Twelfth NiSht, ii, 5), and which in &nbsp;Wisdom of [[Solomon]] 5:22, is employed as the translation of πετροβόλος. This latter word occurs in the Sept. text of &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:14, in a curious variation of a passage which in the Hebrew is hardly intelligible - ἐν βολίσι, καὶ ἐν πετροβόλοις, καὶ ἐν κόχλαξι τοῦ πεδίου "with things thrown, and with stone-bows, and with flints of the field." If this be accepted as the true reading, we have here, by comparison with 14:27, 43, an interesting confirmation of the statement (13:1922) of the degree to which the Philistines had deprived the people of arms, leaving to the king himself nothing but his faithful spear, and to his son no sword, no shield, and nothing but a stone-bow and a staff (Auth. Vers. "rod"). (See [[Bowman]]). </p> <p> The ARROWS (חַצַּים, chitstsf.') were carried in a quiver (תְּלַי, teli', &nbsp;Genesis 27:3; or אִשַׁפִּח, ashpach', &nbsp;Psalms 22:6; &nbsp;Psalms 49:2; &nbsp;Psalms 127:5). From an allusion in &nbsp;Job 6:4, they would seem to have been sometimes poisoned; and the "sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of juniper," in &nbsp;Psalms 120:4, may point to a practice of ulsing arrows with some burning material attached to them. (See [[Archer]]). </p> <p> The bow is frequently mentioned symbolically in Scripture. In &nbsp;Psalms 7:12, it implies victory, signifying judgments laid up in store against offenders. It is sometimes used to denote lying and falsehood (&nbsp;Psalms 64:4; &nbsp;Psalms 120:4; &nbsp;Jeremiah 9:11), probably from the many circumstances which tend to render a bow inoperative, especially in unskilful hands. Hence also " a deceitful bow" (&nbsp;Psalms 78:57; &nbsp;Hosea 7:16), with which compare Virgil's "Perfidus ensis frangitur" (AEn. 12:731). The bow also signifies any kind of arms. The bow and the spear are most frequently mentioned, because the ancients used these most (&nbsp;Psalms 44:6; &nbsp;Psalms 46:9; &nbsp;Zechariah 10:4; &nbsp;Joshua 24:12). In &nbsp;Habakkuk 3:9, "thy bow was made bare" means that it was drawn out of its case. The Orientals used to carry their bows in a case hung on their girdles. See Wemyss, Sym.Dic. s.v. 1 In 2 Samuel i, 18, the Auth. Vers. has, " Also he (David) bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow." "Here," says Professor Robinson (Addit. to Calmet), "the words 'the use of are not in the Hebrew, and convey a sense entirely false to the English reader. It should be 'teach them the bow,' i.e. the song of THE BOW, from the mention of this weapon in v. 22. This mode of selecting an inscription to a poem or work is common in the East; so in the [[Koran]] the second Sura is entitled the cow, from the incidental mention in it of the red heifer; comp. &nbsp;Numbers 19:2. In a similar manner, the names of the books of the [[Pentateuch]] in the Hebrew Bibles are merely the first word in each book." (See [[Hebrew Poetry]]). </p> <p> For the "Bow IN THE CLOUD," (See [[Rainbow]]). </p>