Archery
Archery
archer-i:
(1) The art of using the arcus, or bow and arrow for hunting and in battle is of great antiquity. It is mentioned in Gen 21:20, as well as in the Iliad and the Odyssey, and depicted on Egyptian monuments and in Assyrian sculptures. The Philistines excelled in the art, which led David to order that special training in it be given to the Hebrews (2Sa 1:18). It was an important art throughout the world in Biblical times (see Gen 27:3; Isa 22:6; Isa 49:2; Psa 127:4). The Benjamites among the Hebrews were noted as archers (Jdg 20), and archers constituted much of the fighting strength, and played no mean part in the victories, of the world-famed Greek and Roman armies.
(2) The bow was common to civil (Gen 21:20) and military life (Zec 9:10), and vies with the spear in importance and antiquity. It was usually made of tough, elastic, seasoned wood, and often mounted with bronze (see Psa 18:34 Revised Version (British and American); compare Job 20:24). But horn, too, was used for bows by the ancients, some with double curves being evidently modeled after the horns of oxen. The bow-string was commonly ox-gut and the arrows were of reed, or light wood tipped with flint, bronze, or iron.
(3) The battle bows, such as are mentioned in Zec 9:10; Zec 10:4, must have been of great size, since they required to be strung by pressing the foot on the lower end, while the upper end was bent down to receive the string into a notch; hence the expression to tread (= string) the bow, and bowtreaders, for archers (Jer 50:14, Jer 50:29 Hebrew). The arrows, the sons of his quiver (Lam 3:13 margin, the Revised Version (British and American) shafts), were ordinarily, of course, carried in the quiver, which was either placed on the back or slung on the left side, secured by a belt over the right shoulder (HDB). The day of gunpowder and firearms, of course, was not yet.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Archery
Archery [ARMS].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Archery
See ARMS.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Archery
Practiced by:
– Ishmael
Gen 21:20
– Esau
Gen 27:3
– Jonathan
1Sa 20:20; 1Sa 20:36-37
– Sons of Ulam
1Ch 8:40
– Philistines
1Sa 31:1-3; 1Ch 10:3
– Persians
Isa 13:17-18
– People of Kedar
Isa 21:17
– Syrians
1Ki 22:31-34
– Israelites
2Sa 1:18; 1Ch 5:18; 1Ch 12:2; 2Ch 14:8; 2Ch 26:14; Neh 4:13; Zec 9:13
– Lydians
Jer 46:9
In war
Gen 49:23; Jdg 5:11; 1Sa 31:3; Isa 22:3; Jer 4:29; Jer 51:3; Zec 10:4 Arrow; Armies; Bow; War
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Archery
Archery. See Arms.