Judges 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
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Sling
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Zechariah 9:15
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
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קֶלַע
qelaʻ · keh'-lah
4 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
Strong's KJV usage: hanging, leaf, sling.
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Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:40Strong's last: Zechariah 9:15
Open full H7050 profile →קָלַע
qâlaʻ · kaw-lah'
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
Strong's KJV usage: carve, sling (out).
Strong's first: Judges 20:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:18
Open full H7049 profile →מַרְגֵּמָה
margêmâh · mar-gay-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a stone-heap
Strong's KJV usage: sling.
Strong's first: Proverbs 26:8Strong's last: Proverbs 26:8
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H7049
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
H7050
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
H7050
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
H7050
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
H4773
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
H7049
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
H7050
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
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sling
SLING, noun
1. An instrument for throwing stones, consisting of a strap and two strings; the stone being lodged in the strap, is thrown by losing one of the strings With a sling and a stone David killed Goliath.
2. A throw; a stroke.
3. A kind of hanging bandage put round the neck, in which a wounded limb is sustained.
4. A rope by which a cask or bale is suspended and swung in or out of a ship
5. A drink composed of equal parts of rum or spirit and water sweetened.
SLING, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive slung. [The primary sense seems to be to swing.]
1. To throw with a sling
2. To throw; to hurl.
3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
4. To move or swing by a rope which suspends the thing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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