SPEAR

- An offensive weapon 2Sa 23:8,18 - First mention of, in Scripture Jos 8:18 - PARTS OF MENTIONED . The staff of wood 1Sa 17:7 . The head of iron or brass 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:16 - Probably pointed at both ends 2Sa 2:23 - Called the glittering spear Job 39:23; Hab 3:11 - DIFFERENT KINDS OF . Lances Jer 50:42 . Javelins Nu 25:7; 1Sa 18:10 . Darts 2Sa 18:14; Job 41:26,29 - Those who used, called spearmen Ps 68:30; Ac 23:23 - Frequently used by horse soldiers Na 3:3 - Furbished before war Jer 46:4 - Pruning-hooks made into, before war Joe 3:10 - Made into pruning-hooks in peace Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3 - THE ISRAELITES . Acquainted with the making of 1Sa 13:19 . Frequently used Ne 4:13,16 . Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul Jud 5:8; 1Sa 13:22 - Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance 2Ch 11:12; 32:5 - Frequently thrown from the hand 1Sa 18:11; 19:10 - Often retained in the hand of the person using Nu 25:7; 2Sa 2:23 - Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep 1Sa 26:7-11 - Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked Ps 57:4

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SPEAR. → (An implement of war) → (Spears and javelins differed in weight and size, but had similar uses) → Goliath' s 1Sa 17:7 → Saul' s 1Sa 18:10,11 → Stored in the tabernacle 2Ch 23:9 → Changed into pruning-hooks Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3 → Pruning-hooks beat into Joe 3:10 → Plunged into Jesus' side Joh 19:34; 20:27; Zec 12:10; Re 1:7

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spear. Spear, n. a long pointed weapon, a lance

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Spear (?), n. [[OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spjör, pl., Dan. spær, L. sparus.]] 1. 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. [See Illust. of Spearhead.] “A sharp ground spear.” Chaucer.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Micah iv. 3. 2. 2. Fig.: A spearman. Sir W. Scott.
3. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
4. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
5. 5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
6. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse. — Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow. — Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. Crabb. — Spear side, the male line of a family. Lowell. — Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).