Bible Dictionary: The Bow:

◄ The Bow: (When Broken) the Overthrow of Power ►

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1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
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Jeremiah 49:35
Thus said the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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Hosea 1:5
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.
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Hosea 2:18
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
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Rejoicings of the victors.
... he represents the church as uniting in thanksgiving for the deliverance, and
congratulations at the overthrow of idolatry ... The bow he has broken, he has ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/rejoicings of the victors.htm

Selections from the Work against Heresies by Irenaeus, Bishop of ...
... which he preserves and uses I will overthrow him, with ... was that of Noah's deluge,
by the bow; the second ... a man, had been wickedly seduced was broken when the ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/selections from the work against 2.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... The editor of the Broken Cylinder has tried to combine ... the Arabs to rebel, and
threatened to overthrow him ... She bent the bow, and let fly the arrows towards the ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

The Triumphal Procession
... chariot-wheels, abject, with their weapons broken, with their ... everybody else's master,
and when we bow ourselves to ... of whose testimony it is hard to overthrow. ...
/.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the triumphal procession.htm

The Holy Spirit's Intercession
... An adversary in the court might plead against him, and overthrow him, for he could
not answer him. ... Sometimes a bow of steel is not broken by our hands, for ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/the holy spirits intercession.htm

The Northern Iron and the Steel
... Turn to any other nation against whom his fiat has gone forth, and read the story
of its overthrow. ... He hath broken the bow and cut the spear in sunder; he ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the northern iron and the.htm

Chapter xlix
... So may Dan successfully overthrow all who wrongfully antagonize him. ... 24. But their
bow was broken by the Eternal,. And their arms and hands trembled. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlix.htm

Antichrist in Daniel
... King of fierce countenance shall be broken without hand ... of Israel's visitation was
past and her overthrow now certain ... a remnant who will refuse to bow the knee ...
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Psalm XLVI.
... To overthrow the tabernacle sanctified, which God helpeth with His ... For I will not
trust in my bow, neither shall my ... has none, arms in him are broken in pieces ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xlvi.htm

CHAP. I. -II. 3 (II. 1).
... He whose bow is broken is defenceless and powerless; compare ... the consequence of which
was the total overthrow of the ... God; and I do not save them by bow, and by ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i -ii 3 ii 1.htm