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Greek Noun Neuter

βέλος, -εος, τό (βάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵץ;] a missile, a dart: Eph.6:16. (AS)

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Greek Noun Neuter

βέλος, εος, τό, missile, especially arrow, dart, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the piece of rock hurled by the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an ox's leg thrown by one of the suitors at Ulysses, [Refs]; of a stool, [Refs]; ὑπὲκ βελέων out of the reach of darts, out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐντὸς βέλους, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 2) used of any weapon, as a sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; an axe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the sting of a scorpion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the gad-fly, [Refs] 3) ἀγανὰ βέλεα of Apollo, [Refs 8th c.BC+], denote sudden, easy death of men and women respectively; βέλος ὀξύ, of Ilithyia, pangs of childbirth, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) after [Refs 8th c.BC+] of anything swift-darting, Διὸς βέλη the bolts of Zeus, lightnings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης, of a storm,[Refs 5th c.BC+] glance of the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φίλοικτον β. a piteous glance, [Refs]; ἱμέρου β. the shaft of love, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of arguments, πᾶν τετόξευται β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος, of invective, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; of mental anguish or fear, ἄτλατον β. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) engine of war, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: plural, artillery, [Refs]gélti 'sting', gēla\ 'sharp pain', OHG.quelan 'feel sharp pain'. Root g[uglide]el- 'pierce', compare δέλλιθες.)

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Noun Neuter

a missile, i.e. spear or arrow; dart; from g906 (βάλλω)