Words the Bible translates as weapon
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- keliכְּלִיa manufactured object put to use: any article, vessel, tool, or implement made by human hands for a practical purpose
- hoplonὅπλονa fighter's gear: a weapon, and in the plural the whole kit of arms and armor someone carries into battle
- nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
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- shoots: the new growth a plant sends out
- azenאָזֵןweaponnot studied yet
- hotsenהֹצֶןweaponnot studied yet
- talpiyyahתַּלְפִּיָּוֹתsomething about the way the tower of David was built, said in praise of a woman's neck: the exact sense is lost, and rows of stone, an armory for weapons, and sheer height are the leading guesses
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