??? • (mrḥ)
spear,
lance
Herodotus 4.114
We shoot the bow and throw the javelin (
τοξεύομέν τε καὶ ἀκοντίζομεν)
τοξεύω shoot with the bow
ἀκοντίζω hurl a javelin
Javelin is something that is thrown, where-as an arrow is something that is shot. There seems to be confusion between these sports in the Bible translations.
1 Samuel 20:30
the arrows which I shoot (את־החצים אשר אנכי מורה)
he shot an arrow (ירה החצי)
LXX
σχίζας ἐν αἷς ἐγὼ ἀκοντίζω
ἠκόντιζε τῇ σχίζῃ
They are no bow and arrows in the Septuagint version of
1 Samuel 20:30
σχίζας darts
Josephus The Antiquities of the Jews, 6.214
which when David did at his command, he with great force
threw the spear (ἀκοντίζει τὸ δόρυ) at him
δόρυ - shaft of a spear, hence, generally,
spear itself
A Javelin is thrown and is arrow is shot.