Topical Bible: Bow

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The bow is a significant weapon and tool mentioned throughout the Bible, serving both practical and symbolic purposes. It is primarily recognized as an instrument of war and hunting, but it also carries deeper metaphorical meanings in the biblical narrative.

Historical and Practical Use

In ancient times, the bow was a crucial weapon for warfare and hunting. It was typically made from wood, horn, or metal, and used in conjunction with arrows. The bow's effectiveness in battle is highlighted in several biblical accounts. For instance, the tribe of Benjamin was renowned for its skilled archers, as noted in 1 Chronicles 8:40: "The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons, 150 in all."

The bow's role in warfare is further emphasized in the account of Jonathan and David. Jonathan, the son of King Saul, used a bow to signal David about Saul's intentions, as described in 1 Samuel 20:20-22. This narrative underscores the bow's utility in communication and strategy during times of conflict.

Symbolic and Metaphorical Significance

Beyond its practical use, the bow holds symbolic meaning in the Scriptures. It often represents strength, power, and divine judgment. In Habakkuk 3:9, the prophet describes God's might: "You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers." Here, the bow symbolizes God's readiness to execute judgment and deliverance.

The bow is also used metaphorically to describe deceit and falsehood. In Psalm 64:3-4, the psalmist speaks of the wicked: "They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear." This imagery portrays the bow as a tool of treachery, highlighting the destructive power of words.

Covenantal Imagery

One of the most profound uses of the bow in the Bible is its association with God's covenant with Noah. After the flood, God set a rainbow in the sky as a sign of His promise never to destroy the earth with a flood again. Genesis 9:13-16 states: "I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth." The rainbow, or "bow," serves as a reminder of God's mercy and faithfulness.

Prophetic and Eschatological Context

In prophetic literature, the bow is often linked to future events and divine intervention. Revelation 6:2 describes a rider on a white horse, holding a bow, symbolizing conquest and the unfolding of God's plan in the end times: "So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer."

Conclusion

The bow, as depicted in the Bible, is a multifaceted symbol. It represents human skill and warfare, divine judgment and deliverance, deceit and treachery, and God's covenantal promises. Its presence in both historical narratives and prophetic visions underscores its importance in the biblical worldview, reflecting the complexities of human and divine interaction.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bow

(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forward till it touched the ground.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Bow

A weapon much used in ancient times, both for hunting and for war. It was made of wood, horn, or steel, Genesis 27:3 Psalm 18:34; and the foot was sometimes used in bending it. It was carried in a case, when not used, Habakkuk 3:19. The Benjamites were celebrated for their skill in the use of this weapon, 1 Chronicles 12:2 2 Chronicles 14:8 17:17. See ARMS. The phrase, "a deceitful bow," to which the people of Israel are compared, Psalm 78:57 Hosea 7:16, means an ill-made or twisted bow, which does not shoot the arrow as it is aimed. In 2 Samuel 1:18, we read. "Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow." Here the words, "the use of," are not in the Hebrew. The use of the bow in war had long been common among the Jews, Genesis 48:22; and to "teach them the bow," is by some supposed to mean, teach them by some supposed to mean, teach them the song of THE BOW, the lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, which follows; so called from the mention of the weapon in Genesis 48:22, as the first four books in the Bible take their title in Hebrew from the first word in each. See ARROW.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Genesis 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow (1 Chronicles 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 17:17); so also were the Elamites (Isaiah 22:6) and the Lydians (Jeremiah 46:9). The Hebrew word commonly used for bow means properly to tread (1 Chronicles 5:18; 8:40), and hence it is concluded that the foot was employed in bending the bow. Bows of steel (correctly "copper") are mentioned (2 Samuel 22:35; Psalm 18:34).

The arrows were carried in a quiver (Genesis 27:3; Isaiah 22:6; 49:2; Psalm 127:5). They were apparently sometimes shot with some burning material attached to them (Psalm 120:4).

The bow is a symbol of victory (Psalm 7:12). It denotes also falsehood, deceit (Psalm 64:3, 4; Hosea 7:16; Jeremiah 9:3).

"The use of the bow" in 2 Samuel 1:18 (A.V.) ought to be "the song of the bow," as in the Revised Version.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

2. (v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

3. (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.

4. (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.

5. (v. t.) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

6. (v. i.) To bend; to curve.

7. (v. i.) To stop.

8. (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.

9. (v. i.) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.

10. (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.

11. (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.

12. (n.) A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.

13. (n.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.

14. (n.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

15. (n.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.

16. (n.) An arcograph.

17. (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

18. (n.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

19. (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

20. (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.

21. (v. i.) To manage the bow.

22. (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.

23. (n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BOW, IN THE CLOUD

bo: Reference to the promise made to Noah (Genesis 9:13) preserved in the Constellation figures.

See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 4.

BOW; BOWING

bou, bou'-ing.

See ADORATION; ATTITUDES.

BOW

bo.

See ARCHERY.

Greek

5115. toxon -- a bow
... 5114, 5115. toxon. 5116 . a bow. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:
toxon Phonetic Spelling: (tox'-on) Short Definition: a bow Definition: a bow ...
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4794. sugkupto -- to bend forwards, bow down
... to bend forwards, bow down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sugkupto Phonetic
Spelling: (soong-koop'-to) Short Definition: I am bent double Definition: I ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4794.htm - 6k

2578. kampto -- to bend
... kampto. 2579 . to bend. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kampto Phonetic
Spelling: (kamp'-to) Short Definition: I bend, bow Definition: I bend, bow. ... bow. ...
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2827. klino -- to cause to bend
... verb Definition to cause to bend NASB Word Usage bowed (2), ending (1), lay (2),
nearly over (1), put to flight (1). cause to bow down, bend, wear away. ...
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736. artemon -- something hung up or fastened, ie a foresail
... a foresail. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: artemon Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-tem'-ohn) Short Definition: a foresail, set on the bow Definition: a ...
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1120. gonupeteo -- to fall on the knees
... bow the knee, kneel down. From a compound of gonu and the alternate of pipto; to
fall on the knee -- bow the knee, kneel down. see GREEK gonu. see GREEK pipto. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1120.htm - 6k

4352. proskuneo -- to do reverence to
... Word Origin from pros and kuneo (to kiss) Definition to do reverence to NASB Word
Usage bow down (1), bow down before (1), bowed down (1), bowed down before (2 ...
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4781. sugkampto -- to bend together
... bow down. From sun and kampto; to bend together, ie (figuratively) to afflict --
bow down. see GREEK sun. see GREEK kampto. (sunkampson) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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2955. kupto -- to stoop down
... down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kupto Phonetic Spelling: (koop'-to)
Short Definition: I bend, stoop down Definition: I bend, stoop down, bow the head ...
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1578. ekklino -- to deviate, to turn away (from someone or ...
... 1578 (from 1537 , " and " and 2827 , "bend") -- properly, to bow out (turn away),
with its inevitable (out-come); exclude; avoid by deliberate, decisive ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7812. shachah -- to bow down
... 7811, 7812. shachah. 7813 . to bow down. Transliteration: shachah Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-khaw') Short Definition: worship. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3766. kara -- to bow down
... 3765, 3766. kara. 3767 . to bow down. Transliteration: kara Phonetic Spelling:
(kaw-rah') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/3766.htm - 6k

7198. qesheth -- a bow
... 7197b, 7198. qesheth. 7199 . a bow. Transliteration: qesheth Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-sheth) Short Definition: bow. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/7198.htm - 6k

6915. qadad -- to bow down
... qadad. 6916 . to bow down. Transliteration: qadad Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dad')
Short Definition: bowed. Word Origin a prim. ... bow down the head, stoop. ...
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7817. shachach -- to bow, be bowed down, crouch
... shachach. 7818 . to bow, be bowed down, crouch. Transliteration: shachach Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-khakh') Short Definition: despair. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3721. kaphaph -- to bend, bend down, be bent or bowed
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to bend, bend down, be bent or bowed NASB
Word Usage bow (1), bowed down (3), bowing (1). bow down self. ...
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5186. natah -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
... root Definition to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend NASB Word Usage
afternoon* (1), bend down (1), bent (1), bent down (1), bow (1), bowed (3 ...
/hebrew/5186.htm - 7k

86. abrek -- to kneel
... Word Origin probably of foreign origin Definition to kneel NASB Word Usage
bow the knee (1). bow the knee. Probably an Egyptian word ...
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5753. avah -- to bend, twist
... do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, do perversely,
trouble, turn, A primitive root; to crook, literally ...
/hebrew/5753.htm - 5k

5791. avath -- to be bent or crooked
... bow self, make crooked. A primitive root; to wrest -- bow self, (make) crooked.,
falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down. ...
/hebrew/5791.htm - 6k

Library

At the Beginning Then, Bow Thee Entirely to Thy Lord Jesus Christ. ...
... CHAPTER IV. At the beginning then, bow thee entirely to thy Lord JESUS Christ.?
At the beginning then, bow thee entirely to thy Lord JESUS Christ. ...
/.../chapter iv at the beginning.htm

When Our Heads are Bow'd with Woe,
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCLVII When our heads are bow'd with woe,. ...
Gracious Son of Mary, hear! Thou hast bow'd the dying head; ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cclvii when our heads are.htm

SM Montgomery. The Bow in the Cloud.
... 547. SM Montgomery. The Bow in the Cloud. ... 5 Though storms Thy face obscure, And dangers
threaten loud, Thy holy covenant is sure; Thy bow is in the cloud! ...
/.../book of hymns for public and private devotion/547 s m montgomery the.htm

Nisibene Hymns. Hymn i. O God of Mercies who Didst Refresh Noah ...
... With prayer and incense he propitiated Thee: with an oath and with the bow Thou
wast gracious to him; so that if the flood should essay to hurt the earth, the ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/nisibene hymns hymn i o.htm

Daily Fellowship with God
... chief place. I must bow quietly before Him in humble faith and adoration,
speaking thus within my heart: "God is. God is near. God ...
/.../murray/the deeper christian life/i daily fellowship with god.htm

'The Hands of the Mighty God of Jacob'
... The archers shot at him, but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands
were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.' GENESIS xlix.23, 24 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the hands of the mighty.htm

Friendship; Or, David and Jonathan
... 'And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David,
and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.'. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/david/sermon v friendship or david.htm

Second Commandment
... or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/weighed and wanting/second commandment.htm

The Rainbow
... heaven. Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when
I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow? When ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the rainbow.htm

Faithful unto Death.
... He took off his princely robes, even to his sword, and his bow, and his girdle,
and made David wear them; and David acted wisely in all that the king gave him ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxi faithful unto death.htm

Thesaurus

Bow (248 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The bow was in use in early times both in war
and in the chase (Genesis 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe ...
/b/bow.htm - 42k

Battle-bow (2 Occurrences)
Battle-bow. Battlebow, Battle-bow. Battlefield . Easton's Bible Dictionary
The war-bow used in fighting (Zechariah 9:10; 10:4). "Thy ...
/b/battle-bow.htm - 9k

Bow-cords (2 Occurrences)
Bow-cords. Bow, Bow-cords. Bowed . Multi-Version Concordance
Bow-cords (2 Occurrences). Judges 16:7 And Samson said ...
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Bow-shot (1 Occurrence)
Bow-shot. Bowshot, Bow-shot. Bowstring . Multi-Version Concordance
Bow-shot (1 Occurrence). Genesis 21:16 and she went ...
/b/bow-shot.htm - 6k

Bow-men (1 Occurrence)
Bow-men. Bowmen, Bow-men. Bows . Multi-Version Concordance
Bow-men (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 21:17 And the remnant of the ...
/b/bow-men.htm - 6k

Battlebow
... The war-bow used in fighting (Zechariah 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked"
(Habakkuk 3:9) means that it was made ready for use. ... (see ARMOUR, BOW.). ...
/b/battlebow.htm - 8k

Rainbow (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A bow or arch ... Most beautiful double bows are often
seen, and occasionally the moon is bright enough to produce the bow. ...
/r/rainbow.htm - 10k

Bend (29 Occurrences)
... or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve;
to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the ...
/b/bend.htm - 16k

Kneel (10 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
(See NIV). ... But Mordecai didn't bow down or pay him homage. (See NIV). ...
/k/kneel.htm - 11k

Archery
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting,
etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. ...
/a/archery.htm - 9k

Resources

What does it mean and when will it happen that every knee shall bow? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about bowing or kneeling in prayer? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to worship the starry host or the host of the heavens (Zephaniah 1:5)? | GotQuestions.org

Bow: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Bow (248 Occurrences)

Matthew 2:2
saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'
(YLT)

Matthew 2:8
and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'
(YLT)

Matthew 4:9
and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
(YLT NIV)

Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus to him, 'Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'
(YLT)

Matthew 14:33
and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, 'Truly -- God's Son art thou.'
(YLT)

Matthew 15:25
And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;'
(Root in YLT NAS)

Matthew 28:9
And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, bowing to the ground before Him.
(Root in WEY YLT)

Luke 4:7
thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.'
(YLT)

Luke 4:8
And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'
(YLT)

Acts 7:43
and ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan -- the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.
(YLT)

Acts 10:25
and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at 'his' feet, did bow before 'him';
(YLT)

Acts 27:30
As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 27:41
But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
(WEB WEY RSV NIV)

Romans 11:4
But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 11:10
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 14:11
For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord,'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:25
and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon 'his' face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.
(YLT)

Ephesians 3:14
For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Philippians 2:10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 1:6
and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, 'And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'
(YLT)

Hebrews 11:21
by faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
(YLT RSV)

Revelation 3:9
lo, I make of the synagogue of the Adversary those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but do lie; lo, I will make them that they may come and bow before thy feet, and may know that I loved thee.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 4:10
fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
(YLT)

Revelation 5:14
and the four living creatures said, 'Amen!' and the twenty-four elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages.
(YLT)

Revelation 6:2
And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 9:20
and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,
(YLT)

Revelation 11:16
and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,
(YLT)

Revelation 13:4
and they did bow before the dragon who did give authority to the beast, and they did bow before the beast, saying, 'Who 'is' like to the beast? who is able to war with it?'
(YLT)

Revelation 13:8
And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;
(YLT)

Revelation 13:12
and all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke was healed,
(YLT)

Revelation 13:15
and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and 'that' it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed.
(YLT)

Revelation 14:7
saying in a great voice, 'Fear ye God, and give to Him glory, because come did the hour of His judgment, and bow ye before Him who did make the heaven, and the land, and sea, and fountains of waters.'
(YLT)

Revelation 14:9
And a third messenger did follow them, saying in a great voice, 'If any one the beast doth bow before, and his image, and doth receive a mark upon his forehead, or upon his hand,
(YLT)

Revelation 15:4
who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone 'art' kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'
(YLT)

Revelation 19:4
And fall down did the elders -- the twenty and four -- and the four living creatures, and they did bow before God who is sitting upon the throne, saying, 'Amen, Alleluia.'
(YLT)

Revelation 19:10
and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, 'See -- not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'
(YLT)

Revelation 19:20
and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast -- the two -- to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;
(YLT)

Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;
(YLT)

Revelation 22:8
And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;
(YLT)

Revelation 22:9
and he saith to me, 'See -- not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'
(YLT)

Genesis 9:13
I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 9:14
It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 9:16
The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 21:20
And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Genesis 24:48
I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:3
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
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Genesis 33:6
Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
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Genesis 33:7
Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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Genesis 37:7
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."
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Genesis 37:10
He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"
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Genesis 41:43
and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 42:6
Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
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Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.
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Genesis 43:28
They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
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Genesis 48:22
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
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Genesis 49:8
"Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.
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Genesis 49:24
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
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Exodus 4:31
The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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Exodus 11:8
All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people who follow you;" and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
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Exodus 12:28
And the people bow and do obeisance, and the sons of Israel go and do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done.
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Exodus 20:5
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
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Exodus 23:24
You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
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Exodus 32:8
They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
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Exodus 34:8
Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
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Exodus 34:14
for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
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Leviticus 17:13
And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.
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Leviticus 26:1
"'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.
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Numbers 25:2
for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
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Deuteronomy 4:19
and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.
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Deuteronomy 5:9
you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;
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Deuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Jehovah thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall utterly perish.
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Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them,
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Deuteronomy 17:3
and goeth and serveth other gods, and boweth down to them, either to the sun or to the moon, or to the whole host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
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Deuteronomy 26:10
And now, lo, I have brought in the first of the fruits of the ground which thou hast given to me, O Jehovah; -- and thou hast placed it before Jehovah thy God, and bowed thyself before Jehovah thy God,
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Deuteronomy 29:26
and they went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them.
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Deuteronomy 30:17
But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to other gods and serve them;
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Deuteronomy 33:3
Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet; Everyone shall receive of your words.
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Joshua 23:7
that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
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Joshua 23:16
when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you."
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Joshua 24:12
I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
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Judges 2:12
and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
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Judges 2:17
Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; but they didn't do so.
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Judges 2:19
But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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1 Samuel 1:3
And that man hath gone up out of his city from time to time, to bow himself, and to sacrifice, before Jehovah of Hosts, in Shiloh, and there 'are' two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Jehovah.
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1 Samuel 1:19
And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before Jehovah, and turn back, and come in unto their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knoweth Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembereth her;
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1 Samuel 2:4
"The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are girded with strength.
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1 Samuel 2:36
It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"
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1 Samuel 15:25
and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.'
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1 Samuel 18:4
Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.
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1 Samuel 20:20
And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.
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1 Samuel 20:36
And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.
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1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.
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1 Samuel 31:3
And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;
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2 Samuel 1:18
(and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
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2 Samuel 1:22
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return empty.
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2 Samuel 15:5
And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;
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2 Samuel 16:4
And the king said to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly bow myself: may I find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.
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2 Samuel 22:35
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
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Subtopics

Bow

Bow: A Token in the Clouds

Bow: A Weapon

Bow: A Weapon of Wood

Bow: A Weapon used by the Elamites

Bow: A Weapon used in War

Bow: A Weapon: David Instructed the Israelites in the Use of, by Writing a War Song To

Bow: A Weapon: Made of Brass (R. V.)

Bow: Figurative

The Bow for Shooting Arrows