Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bow' occurs 130 times in the standard works.

18 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bow' in the standard works and contain 13.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Ne. 16:18-23 (6 in 6 verses)


2 Kgs. 13:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

 13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

 13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.




Alma 22:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 27:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 5:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 94 166 260
Gen. 11 21 32
Ex. 3 13 16
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 0 18 18
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 1 9 10
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 1 7 8
2 Sam. 3 10 13
1 Kgs. 1 12 13
2 Kgs. 9 4 13
1 Chr. 2 4 6
2 Chr. 2 12 14
Neh. 0 3 3
Esth. 0 3 3
Job 4 2 6
Ps. 15 15 30
Prov. 3 0 3
Eccl. 1 1 2
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 11 12 23
Jer. 8 7 15
Lam. 2 2 4
Ezek. 2 3 5
Hosea 4 0 4
Amos 1 1 2
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 2 0 2
Zech. 3 4 7
NT 5 17 22
BM 24 34 58
DC 6 9 15
PGP 1 4 5
TOTAL 130 230 360

2 Kgs. 2:15
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

2 Kgs. 4:37
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

2 Kgs. 5:18
In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.

2 Kgs. 6:22
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

2 Kgs. 9:24
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

2 Kgs. 12:13
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:

2 Kgs. 13:15
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

2 Kgs. 13:16
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.

2 Kgs. 17:35
With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

2 Kgs. 19:16
Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

2 Kgs. 25:15
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.