Artillery

Artillery (כּלִי, keli', apparatus, elsewhere rendered "vessel," "instrument," etc.) occurs in 1Sa 20:40, where it signifies collectively any missile weapons, as arrows and lances. SEE ARMOR. In 1 Macc. 6:51, the term so rendered is βελόστασις, i.e. balista, or "catapult," a machine for hurling darts or stones. SEE ENGINE.

⇒Bible concordance for ARTILLERY.

⇒Definition of artillery

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.