Quick Definition
βέλος, ους, τό n.n. a missile, dart, javelin
Strong's Definition
from 906; a missile, i.e. spear or arrow
KJV Usage: dart
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | βάλλω
6.36 · Artifacts · Weapons and Armor
arrow, dart thin straight rod with a sharp point; may be propelled by a bow (arrow) or by hand (dart); used as a weapon in hunting or battle In the NT βέλος occurs only in a highly figurative context: τὰ βέλη ... πεπυρωμένα flaming arrows (or darts) EPH 6:16, referring to temptations by the Devil.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βέλος, -eos, τό, (βάλλω), a missile, a dart, javelin, arrow: Eph. vi. 16. [From Hom. down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βέλος belos 1x
a missile weapon, dart, arrow, Eph. 6:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βέλος, -εος, τό
(< βάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵץ;]
a missile, a dart: Eph 6:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βέλος. For this NT Gar. εἰρ. (Eph 615) cf. 7G VII. 1158 βέλος πικρὸν ἐνῆκε πλευραῖς. The word is claimed by van Herwerden as Ionic and poetic: one occurrence in Plato and one in Xenophon (the pioneer of the Kowy) are the only classical prose citations in LS§. From inscrr. we may quote Syl 221% (B.C. 247-23) βέλη kal καταπάλταϊς, 2b. 52237 (iii/B.c.) καταπάλτην ... καὶ βέλη τριακόσια, 2). S037 (iii/B.C.) where it refers to a spear just mentioned. The first two passages suggest a special sense rather than the general : cf. Polybius xi. 11. 3 ζεύγη πλῆθος ὀργάνων καὶ βελῶν κομίἵοντα καταπελτικῶν. The catapult would naturally be used if missiles wrapped with blazing tow were to be hurled, and this would suit τὰ βέλη τὰ πεπυρωμένα in Eph Zc. A late letter, PSI III. 2389 (vi/vii A.p.), mentions one Zenobius as a maker of munitions, βελοποιός.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βέλος (belos) — arrow. βέλος, εος, τό, missile, especially arrow, dart, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the piece of rock hurled by the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an ox's leg thrown by one of the suitors at Ulysses, [Refs]; of a stool, [Refs]; ὑπὲκ βελέων out of the reach of darts, out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐντὸς βέλους, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. used of any weapon, as a sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; an axe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the sting of a scorpion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the gad-fly, [Refs]
3. ἀγανὰ βέλεα of Apollo, [Refs 8th c.BC+], denote sudden, easy death of men and women respectively; βέλος ὀξύ, of Ilithyia, pangs of childbirth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. after [Refs 8th c.BC+] of anything swift-darting, Διὸς βέλη the bolts of Zeus, lightnings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης, of a storm,[Refs 5th c.BC+] glance of the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φίλοικτον β. a piteous glance, [Refs]; ἱμέρου β. the shaft of love, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of arguments, πᾶν τετόξευται β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος, of invective, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; of mental anguish or fear, ἄτλατον β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. engine of war, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: plural, artillery, [Refs]gélti 'sting', gēla\ 'sharp pain', OHG.quelan 'feel sharp pain'. Root g[uglide]el- 'pierce', compare δέλλιθες.)