Archer
a shooter with the bow (
1 Chr. 10:3). This art was of high antiquity (
Gen. 21:20;
27:3). Saul was wounded by the Philistine archers (
1 Sam. 31:3). The phrase "breaking the bow" (
Hos. 1:5;
Jer. 49:35) is equivalent to taking away one's power, while "strengthening the bow" is a symbol of its increase (
Gen. 49:24). The Persian archers were famous among the ancients (
Isa. 13:18;
Jer. 49:35;
50:9,
14,
29,
42. (See BOW >> T0000631)
