Everyday object in Scripture

Sling in Scripture

Simple projectile weapon/tool used by shepherds and soldiers.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Simple projectile weapon/tool used by shepherds and soldiers.

Sling is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
1 Samuel 17:40and his slingH7050Sling

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: tighter lexical range. Best used as a direct lexical occurrence set, while still checking the surrounding verse context.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
22
Unique references
22
Books represented
7
Strong’s numbers
H7050

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Verse references

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