Chapter 6:2, 4, 10.

6:2. ‘Bow’

Greek #5115 tŏxŏn ‘a bow’.

 

Hebrew #07198 qesheth from #07185 in the original sense of ‘bending,’ from #06983, qôwsh, ‘to set a trap’. ‘A bow for shooting’. #7185 qâshâh.’to be dense, i.e. tough, or severe’.  Its root meaning seems to come from the idea of ‘bending’, therefore the expression “draw the bow” might refer to drawing an arc. It is used figuratively of might.

BDB: (1) ‘bow for hunting or battle,’ figuratively ‘of might’ ‘of divine judgment’.

 

6:4. ‘Sword

Greek #3162 machaira, ‘sword’, ‘a knife’, i.e. ‘dirk’; figuratively ‘war’, ‘judicial punishment’.

 

6:10. ‘Vengeance

 

Greek #1556 ĕkdikĕō translated by KJV: ‘avenge’ 5, ‘revenge’ 1; 6.

      1) to vindicate one’s right, do one justice

         1a) to protect, defend, one person from another

      2) to avenge a thing

         2a) to punish a person for a thing

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