King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2909
Transliteration: tachah
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-khaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hurl, shoot
Meaning: to stretch a, bow, as an archer
Word Summary
tachah: to hurl, shoot
Original Word: טָחהTransliteration: tachah
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-khaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hurl, shoot
Meaning: to stretch a, bow, as an archer
Strong's Concordance
bowshot A primitive root; to stretch a bow, as an archer -- (bow-)shot.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2909. tachah
[טָחָה] verb hurl, shoot (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic spread, extend, carry far with, e.g. a ball Lane1832c) — only
Pil. Participle (Ges§ 75 R 18) plural construct קֶשֶׁת כִּמְטַחֲוֵי הַרְחֵק Genesis 21:16 (E), literally making distant like shooters of a bow = about a bowshot off.