BELOMANCY, a form of divination (q.v.) by means of arrows, practised by the Babylonians, Scythians and other ancient peoples (from I3EXos, a dart, and uavrEia prophecy or divination). Nebuchadrezzar (Ezek. xxi. 21) resorted to this practice "when he stood in the parting of the way . . . to use divination : he made his arrows bright."