BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3034
ya.dah — to give thanks
1) to throw, shoot, cast 1a) (Qal) to shoot (arrows) 1b) (Piel) to cast, cast down, throw down 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give thanks, laud, praise 1c2) to confess, confess (the name of God) 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to confess (sin) 1d2) to give thanks Aramaic equivalent: ye.da (יְדָא "to praise" H3029)
111 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3384
ya.ra — to shoot
1) to shoot, pour 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shoot arrows 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to shoot at 1b2) part. shooter, archer 1c) to throw water, rain
71 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1305
ba.rar — to purify
1) to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to purge, purge out, purify 1a2) to choose, select 1a3) to cleanse, make shining, polish 1a4) to test, prove 1b) (Niphal) to purify oneself 1c) (Piel) to purify 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to purify 1d2) to polish arrows 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to purify oneself 1e2) to show oneself pure, just, kind
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H827
ash.pah — quiver
1) quiver (for arrows) 1a) of home, of God's instruments (fig.)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8522
te.li — quiver
1) quiver 1a) quiver (with its arrows) 1b) quiver (as hanging from shoulder)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21073
purobolos — arrows tipped with fire
giving forth fire:—; τὰ πυροβόλα bolts or arrows tipped with fire , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7100
ekkenoō — to empty out
to empty out, leave desolate , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἐκκενοῦν θυμὸν ἐς σχεδίαν γέροντος to pour out one's spirit into Charon's boat, i. e. give up the ghost, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἐκκ. ἰούς to shoot all one's arrows, [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;Pass. to be left desolate , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7350
exormaō — to sally out
1. to send forth, send to war , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἐξ. τὴν ναῦν to start the ship, set it agoing , (Thucydides):—;Pass. to set out, start , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; of arrows, to spring from the bow, (Euripides) 2. to excite to action, urge on , (Euripides) 3. intransitive, like Pass., to set out, start , of a ship, (Odyssey by Homer): with genitive to set out from , (Euripides):—;metaphorically to break out , of a disease, (Sophocles Tragicus); σφοδρὸς ἐφ᾽ ὅ τι ἐφορμήσειε eager in all that he attempted , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9000
purphoros — a fire-bearer
1. fire-bearing , (Aeschulus Tragicus); of lightning, (Pindar):—; πυρφόροι ὀϊστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them , (Thucydides) 2. in special senses, 3. epithet of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, (Sophocles Tragicus); of Demeter, in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, (Euripides); of Artemis, (Sophocles Tragicus); but θεὸς πυρφόρος the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever , (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. ὁ πυρφόρος, in the Lacedaemonian army, was the priest who kept the sacrificial fire , which was never allowed to go out, (Xenophon Historicus); hence proverbial of a total defeat, ἔδεε δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9464
toxeuō — to shoot
1. to shoot with the bow , τινός at a mark, (Iliad by Homer); εἴς τινα (Herdotus Historicus):—;metaphorically to aim at , with genitive, (Euripides):—;absolute to use the bow , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας having shot too high, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. with accusative to shoot or hit with an arrow , τινά (Euripides):—;Pass. to be struck by an arrow , (Thucydides) 3. with accusative rei, to shoot from a bow : metaphorically, to discharge, send forth , ὕμνους (Pindar); ταῦτα ἐτόξευσεν μάτην hath shot these arrows in vain, (Euripides): —;Pass., πᾶν τετόξευται βέλος (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9617
pharetra — a quiver
a quiver for arrows, Lat. pharetra, (Homer) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9721
cheō — to pour
1. Radic. sense, to pour : 2. properly of liquids, to pour out, pour , (Homer), etc.; Zeus χέει ὕδωρ, i. e. he makes it rain, (Iliad by Homer); χέει χιόνα βορέας (Euripides); absolute, χέει it snows , (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid. to pour for oneself , especially of drink-offerings, χοὰς χεόμην νεκύεσσι (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;Pass., χέονται κρῆναι they gush forth , (Euripides); χυθέντος ποτοῦ ἐς γῆν (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. χ. δάκρυα to shed tears, (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass., of tears, to pour or gush forth , (Homer); so of blood, to be shed , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. in Pass. to become liquid, melt, thaw , (Xenophon Historicus) 5. of solids, to shed, scatter , φύλλα (Iliad by Homer); πτερά (Odyssey by Homer); χ. κόνιν κὰκ κεφαλῆς (Homer); χ. καλάμην χθονί, of a mower or reaper (see. καλάμη), (Iliad by Homer) 6. like χώννυμι, to throw out earth, so as to form a mound, σῆμα, τύμβον χ. (Homer) 7. χ. δοῦρα to pour or shower spears, (Iliad by Homer); Mid., βέλεα χέοντο they showered their arrows, (Iliad by Homer) 8. to let fall or drop , ἡνία (Iliad by Homer); so, χέειν κρόκου βαφὰς (see. βαφή II) (Aeschulus Tragicus); but, καρπὸν χ., of trees, to produce fruit abundantly , (Odyssey by Homer) 9. in Pass. to be thrown or heaped up together , (Homer) 10. in Pass. also of living beings, to pour or stream in a dense mass or throng , (Homer) 11. metaphorically of sounds, to pour forth , φωνήν, αὐδήν (Odyssey by Homer); φθόγγον (Aeschulus Tragicus) 12. of things that obscure the sight, κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν shed a dark cloud over the eyes, (Iliad by Homer); πολλὴν ἠέρα χεῦε shed a mist abroad, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass., ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ θάνατος χύτο was shed around him, (Iliad by Homer); νόσος κέχυται (Sophocles Tragicus); φρὶξ ἐπὶ πόντον ἐχεύατο (Mid. in passive sense), (Iliad by Homer) 13. of persons, ἀμφ᾽ αὐτῶι χυμένη throwing herself around him, (Homer): so in Mid., ἀμφὶ υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε (Iliad by Homer) 14. perfect passive κέχυμαι, to be wholly engaged in , Δᾶλος, ἐν ἇι κέχυμαι (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes figuratively put for lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 18:14; 144:6; Zech. 9:14). They were used in war as well as in the chase (Gen. 27:3; 49:23). They were also used in divination (Ezek. 21:21). The word is frequently employed as a symbol of calamity or disease inflicted by God (Job 6:4; 34:6; Ps. 38:2; Deut. 32:23. Comp. Ezek. 5:16), or of some sudden danger (Ps. 91:5), or bitter words (Ps. 64:3), or false testimony (Prov. 25:18).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
