chets denotes a projectile shot from a bow, including figurative portrayals of injury, threat, and a person held ready for use.

The term most often denotes arrows as weapons prepared, shot, or expended in battle and attack. It also occurs in figurative comparisons: a person is likened to a concealed arrow, sons to arrows in a warrior’s hand, and suffering or calamity is pictured through arrows.

1. Arrows used in shooting and warfare · dominant

   Plural and singular forms occur with bows, shooting, and hostile attack. In 2 Kings 13:17 the singular construct forms stand in the command to shoot from an eastward-facing window, while 1 Chronicles 12:2 describes men using arrows with the bow; Jeremiah 50:14 places the singular in an order to shoot against Babylon.

   2 Kings 13:171 Chronicles 12:2Jeremiah 50:14Psalm 11:2Ezekiel 39:3Isaiah 5:28
2. Figurative images of readiness, injury, and danger · occasional

   The term is used in comparisons beyond a scene of ordinary shooting. In Isaiah 49:2 the APB renders a person as a “purified arrow” hidden in a quiver; Psalm 127:4 compares sons of youth to arrows in a mighty man’s hand, and Job 6:4 presents the Almighty’s arrows as a source of personal distress.

   Isaiah 49:2Psalm 127:4Job 6:4Ezekiel 5:16Proverbs 7:23Psalm 91:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer weapon contexts, the APB regularly presents the term as “arrow” or “arrows,” especially beside bows, shooting, and military action. In figurative clauses it also uses “arrow” imagery.