HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7050
קֶ֫לַע
qe.la — sling
sling, slingstones
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Sling
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4773
מַרְגֵּמָה
mar.ge.mah — sling
1) sling 2) (CLBL) a heap of stones
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3709
כַּף
kaph — palm
: palm/hand 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)
170 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7049
קָלַע
qa.la — to sling
1) to sling, hurl forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sling 1a2) slinger (participle) 1b) (Piel) to sling
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1555
גׇּלְיַת
gol.yat — Goliath
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.17.4; son of: Rapha (H7497A); brother of: Ishbi-benob (H3430), Saph (H5593), Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A) § Goliath = "splendour" the Philistine giant of Gath slain by David's sling
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1187
δεξιολάβος
dexiolabos — slinger
δεξιολάβος, -ου, ὁ (δεξιός, λαμβάνω), a kind of soldier, prob. a spearman (Vg., lancearius) or slinger: Act.23:23.† δεξιο-βόλος, -ου, ὁ (δεξιός, βάλλω), one who throws with the right hand: L for δεξιολάβος, Act.23:23.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7051
קַלָּע
qal.la — slinger
slinger
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20124
ἀποσφενδονάω
aposphendonaō — to hurl
to hurl, as from a sling
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7262
ἐντάσσω
entassō — to arrange in
to place or post in :—;Pass., σφενδονᾶν ἐντεταγμένος posted to use the sling, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8391
νεῦρον
neuron — a nerve
1. a sinew, tendon; in plural, the tendons of the feet , (Iliad by Homer) 2. metaphorically in plural, τὰ νεῦρα τῆς τραγῳδίας, of lyric odes, their sinews, vigour , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτων (Aeschines Orator) 3. gut, cord made of sinew , for fastening the head of the arrow to the shaft, (Iliad by Homer): the cord of a sling , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8783
πετροβόλος
petrobolos — a slinger
1. throwing stones , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. as Substantive, πετροβόλος, an engine for throwing stones , Lat. ballista, (Polybius Historicus), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9368
σφενδονάω
sphendonaō — to sling
1. to sling, to use the sling , (Thucydides) 2. to strike by slinging , (Babrius Fabularum Scriptor) 3. to throw as from a sling :—;Pass., (Euripides) 4. to move like a swing, to swing to and fro , (Euripides) from σφενδόνη (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9369
σφενδόνη
sphendonē — a sling
1. Lat. funda (the ς being lost), a sling , (Iliad by Homer): metaphorically, σφενδόνας ἀπ᾽ εὐμέτρου with well-measured throw, as from a sling , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. the hoop of a ring in which the stone was set as in a sling, especially the broader part round the stone , as in Lat. funda for pala annuli , (Euripides) 3. the stone or bullet of the sling , (Xenophon Historicus); τοιαύταις σφ., of hailstones, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9370
σφενδονήτης
sphendonētēs — a slinger
a slinger , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9795
ψιλός
psilos — bare
1. bare , 2. of land, ψιλὴ ἄροσις a bare corn-field, (Iliad by Homer); πεδίον μέγα τε καὶ ψιλόν (Herdotus Historicus): with genitive, γῆ ψιλὴ δενδρέων land bare of trees, (Herdotus Historicus):—; ψιλὴ γεωργία the tillage of land for corn , opposite to γ. πεφυτευμένη (for vines and olives) , (Aristotle Philosopher) 3. of animals, stript of hair or feathers, bare, smooth , δέρμα (Odyssey by Homer); ἶβις ψιλὴ κεφαλήν bald on the head, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. generally, bare, uncovered , ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν (Sophocles Tragicus):—;with genitive bare of, separated from , ψιλὴ σώματος οὖσα [ ἡ ψυχή] (Plato Philosophus) b. bare, stript of appendages , ψιλὴ τρόπις the bare keel with the planks torn from it, (Odyssey by Homer); ψ. θρίδαξ a lettuce with the side-leaves pulled off , (Herdotus Historicus); ψ. μάχαιραι swords without other arms , (Xenophon Historicus) 5. οἱ ψιλοί (i.e. τῶν ὅπλων); soldiers without heavy armour, light troops , such as archers and slingers, opposite to ὁπλῖται, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; τὸ ψιλόν, opposite to τὸ ὁπλιτικόν, (Xenophon Historicus); ψ. ἔχων τὴν κεφαλήν bare-headed, without helmet , (Xenophon Historicus) 6. ψιλὸς λόγος bare language, i. e. prose , as opposite to poetry which is clothed in metre, (Plato Philosophus); also, ψ. λόγος is a mere speech, a speech unsupported by evidence , (Demosthenes Orator) 7. ψιλὴ ποίησις mere poetry, without music , i. e. epic poetry, as opposite to lyric , (Plato Philosophus):—;but, ψιλὴ μουσική instrumental music unaccompanied by the voice , (Aristotle Philosopher) 8. Oedipus seems to call Antigone his ψιλὸν ὄμμα, as being the one poor eye left him, (Sophocles Tragicus) 9. adverb ψιλῶς, merely, only , (Plutarch) (ML)
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With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1 Sam. 17:40, 49). There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its use that with the left hand they “could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss” (Judg. 20:16; 1 Chr. 12:2). It was used by the Israelites in war (2 Kings 3:25). (See ARMS.) The words in Prov. 26:8, “As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,” etc. (Authorized Version), should rather, as in the Revised Version, be “As a bag of gems in a heap of stones,” etc.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.