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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoot.

2. (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

3. (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

4. (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

5. (a.) of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

Strong's Hebrew

7198. qesheth -- a bow
... From qashah in the original sense (of qowsh) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence,
figuratively, strength) or the iris -- X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man ...
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3372b. yara -- to shoot, pour
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to shoot, pour NASB Word Usage archers shot
(1), shooting (1), watered (1). 3372a, 3372b. yara. 3373 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

But that You May not Suppose this to be a Novel Doctrine Peculiar ...
... to men's sense of shame, as it were, and saying, "Is mankind so foolish, that when
they see the stock of a tree which has been cut down shooting forth again ...
/.../44 but that you may.htm

Chapter twenty-nine
... He then went on and read the detailed account of the shooting and the visit
of the reporter to the tenement where the family lived. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-nine.htm

Psalm LXXVIII.
... 8. Lastly, "The sons of Ephrem bending and shooting bows, have been turned back
in the day of war" (ver.9). Following after the law of righteousness, unto the ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxviii.htm

Walking with God
... But the opposition ceases when it finds that it is only an appearance, as the Assyrians
left off shooting at Jehoshaphat, when they perceived it was not Ahab ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/walking with god.htm

Mystery and Faith
... How and what is that power that works in the shooting of a crystal, and binds the
obedience of a star; that shimmers in the northern Aurora, and connects by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapin/the crown of thorns/mystery and faith.htm

Hazael Makes an Expedition against the People of Israel and the ...
... thus bemoaning himself, Elisha comforted him, and bid the king bend a bow that was
brought him; and when the king had fitted the bow for shooting, Elisha took ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 hazael makes an.htm

Dilemma and Deliverance
... himself, and there cried out in agony, "Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin." A select opportunity this for shooting this arrow. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/dilemma and deliverance.htm

Creation's Groans and the Saints' Sighs
... sorrow on the sea, and there is misery on the land; and into the highest palaces
as well as the poorest cottages, death, the insatiable, is shooting his arrows ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 14 1868/creations groans and the saints.htm

Hearken and Look; Or, Encouragement for Believers
... have fallen upon most degenerate days. They speak of "shooting Niagara,"
and of all sorts of frightful things. I am afraid that a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 27 1881/hearken and look or encouragement.htm

The Earth Brings Forth, as if by Suppuration...
... inside is a thin poisoned veinlet, rising up with a bow-like bound, draws tight
a barbed sting at the end, after the manner of an engine for shooting missiles. ...
/.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter i the earth brings.htm

Thesaurus

Shooting (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoot. 2. (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots;
as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light. ...
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Shoot (51 Occurrences)
... 12. (vi) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or
driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star. 13. ...
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Shoots (32 Occurrences)
... hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs,
and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth, (See ...
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Shot (25 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws
a missile. ... (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an excellent shot. ...
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Overthroweth (7 Occurrences)
... Genesis 19:25 and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground. ...
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Jehu (63 Occurrences)
... He then with a chosen band set forth with all speed to Jezreel, where, with his
own hand, he slew Jehoram, shooting him through the heart with an arrow (9:24). ...
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Left-handed (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and
the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were ...
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Glancing (2 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Glance. 2. (a.) Shooting, as light. 3. (a.) Flying off (after striking)
in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Grasshoppers (11 Occurrences)
... Amos 7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers
in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was ...
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Flight (325 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. 6. (n.) A kind
of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft. ...
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Bible Concordance

Shooting (13 Occurrences)

Genesis 19:25 and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows to the side-ward, as though I shot at a mark.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 20:36 And he saith to his youth, 'Run, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am shooting;' the youth is running, and he hath shot the arrow, causing 'it' to pass over him.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 11:24 and those shooting shoot at thy servants from off the wall, and 'some' of the servants of the king are dead, and also, thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 10:3 And the battle 'is' heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Chronicles 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
(See NAS)

Psalms 64:4 That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 26:18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:6 I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 4:29 From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 31:5 Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,
(YLT)

Amos 7:1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Shooting

Related Terms

Shoot (51 Occurrences)

Shoots (32 Occurrences)

Shot (25 Occurrences)

Overthroweth (7 Occurrences)

Jehu (63 Occurrences)

Left-handed (3 Occurrences)

Glancing (2 Occurrences)

Grasshoppers (11 Occurrences)

Flight (325 Occurrences)