King James Bible Dictionary

A weapon.

Used in hunting
Genesis 21:20; Genesis 27:3

Used in war
1 Samuel 31:3; 2 Samuel 22:15; 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Kings 19:32; Psalms 7:13; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 51:3

Divination by
Ezekiel 21:21

Shot by Jonathan as a sign to David
1 Samuel 20:20-42

Shot by Joash as a sign against the Syrians
2 Kings 13:14-19

Figurative
Numbers 24:8; Deuteronomy 32:23; Deuteronomy 32:42; Job 6:4; Psalms 11:2; Psalms 21:12; Psalms 38:2; Psalms 45:5; Psalms 57:4; Psalms 58:7; Psalms 91:5; Psalms 120:4; Psalms 144:6; Proverbs 25:18; Lamentations 3:12-13; Ezekiel 5:16; Habakkuk 3:11

AR'ROW, noun

1. A missive weapon of offense, straight, slender, pointed and barbed, to be shot with a bow.

2. In scripture, the arrows of God are the apprehensions of his wrath, which pierce and pain the conscience. Job 6:4. Psalms 38:2. In a like figurative manner, arrows represent the judgments of God, as thunder, lightning, tempests and famine. 2 Samuel 22:15.

Ezekiel 5:16. Habakkuk 3:11. The word is used also for slanderous words and malicious purposes of evil men. Psalms 11:2. Proverbs 25:18. Jeremiah 9:8. Psa 64.

AR'ROW-GRASS, noun A plant or genus of plants; the Triglochin.

AR'ROW-HEAD, noun

1. The head of an arrow.

2. Sagittaria; a genus of aquatic plants, so called from the resemblance of the leaves to the point of an arrow.

AR'ROW-ROOT, noun

1. The Maranta; a genus of plants, natives of the Indies. The Indians are said to employ the roots of the arundinacea, in extracting the virus of poisoned arrows; whence the name. There are several species. From the root of the arundinacea, or starch-plant, is obtained the arrow-root of the shops.

2. The starch of the maranta, or arrow-root a nutritive medicinal food.

At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes figuratively put for lightning (Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Psalms 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zechariah 9:14). They were used in war as well as in the chase (Genesis 27:3; 49:23). They were also used in divination (Ezekiel 21:21).

The word is frequently employed as a symbol of calamity or disease inflicted by God (Job 6:4; 34:6; Psalms 38:2; Deuteronomy 32:23. Comp. Ezekiel 5:16), or of some sudden danger (Psalms 91:5), or bitter words (Psalms 64:3), or false testimony (Proverbs 25:18).

[ARMS, ARMOR]

AR'ROWY, adjective

1. Consisting of arrows.

2. Formed like an arrow.