Strong G5115τόξον
bow
- Transliteration
- toxon
- Pronunciation
- tox'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From the base of G5088; a bow (apparently as the simplest fabric): - bow.
Detailed definition
τόξον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for קֶשֶׁת;]
a bow: Rev.6:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קֶשֶׁת;]
a bow: Rev.6:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5115 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bow1
First verses
- Revelation 6:2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τόξον, τό,
bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.124, etc.: frequently in _plural_ τόξα for _sing._, τόξ᾽ ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην 1.45, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.101, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 654; sometimes in Prose, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 51, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.106, “PEleph.” 5.8 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα drew the bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.97; also τόξον τιταίνει 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.43)]; τόξον ἕλκετ᾽ (variant{εἷλκεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.582; τόξου πῆχυν ἀνέλκειν 13.583)]; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 364 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 83; τ... ἐντανύσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.245, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173; κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τ. ἔτεινε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.124, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1066)]; τόξου ῥῦμα (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opposed to λόγχης ἰσχύς (i.e. the Greeks), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 147 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 τόξῳ by guess, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 1033.)]
3 bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.718, +others; τόξοισιν πίσυνος 5.205, compare 13.716; ἡ τέχνη τῶν τ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 266)]; τόξῳ (i.e. νικῶν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 1061.10 (Samos, 2nd c.BC).)]
II in plural also, bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτ᾽ ἄλλυδις ἄλλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.502, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 68, +others)]; sometimes in plural for the arrows only,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 652, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 815a.)]
III metaphorically, τόξα ἡλίου its rays, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1090)]; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 218; τόξον μερίμνης “Tragica Adespota” 354)]; κότταβος.. ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for shooting of liquor from the cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.2.)]
IV rainbow, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 4, LXX.Gen.9.13, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {εἴρη}.)]
IV.2 arch, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 9.694.)]
IV.3 curved support, cradle used in amputations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.13.6)]; part of a carriage or cart, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.133, 3p.144 (3rd c.BC).)]
bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.124, etc.: frequently in _plural_ τόξα for _sing._, τόξ᾽ ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην 1.45, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.101, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 654; sometimes in Prose, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 51, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.106, “PEleph.” 5.8 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα drew the bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.97; also τόξον τιταίνει 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.43)]; τόξον ἕλκετ᾽ (variant{εἷλκεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.582; τόξου πῆχυν ἀνέλκειν 13.583)]; τόξον τείνειν, ἐντείνειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 364 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 83; τ... ἐντανύσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.245, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173; κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τ. ἔτεινε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.124, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1066)]; τόξου ῥῦμα (i.e. the Persians, the bow being an oriental weapon), opposed to λόγχης ἰσχύς (i.e. the Greeks), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 147 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 τόξῳ by guess, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 1033.)]
3 bowmanship, archery, τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.718, +others; τόξοισιν πίσυνος 5.205, compare 13.716; ἡ τέχνη τῶν τ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73; πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 266)]; τόξῳ (i.e. νικῶν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 1061.10 (Samos, 2nd c.BC).)]
II in plural also, bow and arrows, τόξα πεπτεῶτ᾽ ἄλλυδις ἄλλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.502, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 68, +others)]; sometimes in plural for the arrows only,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 652, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 815a.)]
III metaphorically, τόξα ἡλίου its rays, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1090)]; ἀμπελίνοις τόξοις δαμέντες, of the effects of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 218; τόξον μερίμνης “Tragica Adespota” 354)]; κότταβος.. ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα for shooting of liquor from the cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.2.)]
IV rainbow, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 4, LXX.Gen.9.13, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {εἴρη}.)]
IV.2 arch, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 9.694.)]
IV.3 curved support, cradle used in amputations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.13.6)]; part of a carriage or cart, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.133, 3p.144 (3rd c.BC).)]