Bible dictionaries
Arrow
What Bible dictionaries say about “Arrow”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Arrow - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
AR'ROW, n.
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. Psa 38. In a like figurative manner, arrows represent the judgments of God, as thunder, lightning, tempests and famine. 2 Sam 22.
Ezek 5. Hab 3. The word is used also for slanderous words and malicious purposes of evil men. Psa 11. Prov 25. Jer 9. Psa 64.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915