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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H4773
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
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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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