Bought (1)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

bout (tawekh, "bisection," "middle"): The best part of a sling that contains the stone, "in the midst of the bought of a sling" (1Sa 25:29 King James Version, margin, the King James Version "out of the middle," the Revised Version (British and American) "from the hollow").

Source of the article

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915