The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Dart

dart (chets; belos): A pointed missile weapon, as an arrow or light spear (2Sa 18:14; Job 41:26). See ARMOR; ARMS, III, 4; ARROW. Figurative:

(1) Of the penalty of sin (Pr 7:23 the King James Version);

(2) of strong suggestions and fierce temptations to evil (Eph 6:16; compare 1 Macc 5:51).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.