Lexicon / G9463
τόξευμα
toxeuma
  • a bow

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: a bow

1. that which is shot, an arrow , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; ὅσον τ. ἐξικνέεται the distance of a bowshot , (Herdotus Historicus); πρὶν τ. ἐξικνεῖσθαι before an arrow reached them, (Xenophon Historicus); ἐντὸς τοξεύματος within bow-shot , (Xenophon Historicus); ἔξω τοξεύματος (Thucydides):—;metaphorically, καρδίας τοξεύματα (Sophocles Tragicus)

2. collective in plural for οἱ τοξόται, the archery , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)