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Lexicon :: Strong's H7198 - qešeṯ

Aa
קֶשֶׁת
Transliteration
qešeṯ
Pronunciation
keh'-sheth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קָשָׁה (H7185) in the original sense of קוֹשׁ (H6983) of bending
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2093

Strong’s Definitions

קֶשֶׁת qesheth, keh'-sheth; from H7185 in the original sense (of H6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris:—× arch(-er), arrow, bow(-man, -shot).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 77x

The KJV translates Strong's H7198 in the following manner: bow (68x), archers (with H3384) (3x), archers (2x), archers (with H1869) (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 77x
The KJV translates Strong's H7198 in the following manner: bow (68x), archers (with H3384) (3x), archers (2x), archers (with H1869) (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. bow

    1. bow (for hunting, battle)

    2. bowmen, archers

    3. bow (fig. of might)

    4. rainbow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֶשֶׁת qesheth, keh'-sheth; from H7185 in the original sense (of H6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris:—× arch(-er), arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
STRONGS H7198: Abbreviations
קֶ֫שֶׁת noun feminineGenesis 9:14 (apparently masculine 2 Samuel 1:22 but see AlbrZAW xvi (1896) 91) bow (originally √ perhaps קושׁ, meaning unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ḳaštu; Ethiopic bdb090512 Arabic bdb090601 plural bdb090602, bdb090603 etc.; Targum and (קַשְׁתָּא and (ט for ת after ק P) קוּשְׁטָא (rare), all bow, קַשָּׁתָא bowman; Syriac bdb090604 bow, bdb090605 bowman; Old Aramaic קשת bow, Mandean כשטא (Frä206); Palmyrene קשטא bowman); — absolute ק׳ Hosea 1:7 +, קָ֑שֶׁת Jeremiah 46:9 +; constructקֶ֫שֶׁת Hosea 1:5 +; suffix קַשְׁתִּי Genesis 48:22 +,etc.; plural absolute קְשָׁתוֺת 2 Chronicles 26:14 +; suffix קַשְּׁתֹתָיו (Ges§ 20h) Isaiah 5:28, קַשְּׁתוֺתָם Jeremiah 51:56; Psalm 37:15, קַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 4:7 (קַשְׁתֹּתָיו etc., van d. H. [except Psalm 37:15]); —
1. bow:
a. for hunting Genesis 27:3 (J; + תְּלְי)
b. battle: + (or ||) חֶרֶב Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:12 (both E), Hosea 1:7; Hosea 2:20; 1 Samuel 18:4 (+ חְַגֹרוֺ), 2 Samuel 1:22; 2 Kings 6:22; Isaiah 41:2; Nehemiah 4:7 (+ רָמְחֵיהֶם), Zechariah 9:13 (figurative of Judah as י׳'s bow), Psalm 37:15 (figurative) Psalm 44:7 (+ or || חֶרֶב also below);+ (or ||) חִצִּים Isaiah 7:24; 2 Kings 13:15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 39:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 12:2a; compare רִשְׁפֵי ק׳ Psalm 76:4 = arrow (+ מָנֵן וְחֶרֶב) so בֶּן ק׳ Job 41:20 (compare Lamentations 3:13; Job 5:7); + חֲנִית Psalm 46:10, + כִּידוֺן Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 50:42; + varius weapons Nehemiah 4:10; 2 Chronicles 26:14; alone Isaiah 13:18 (context corrupt), Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 51:56; Habakkuk 3:9 (of י׳ as warrior); מִלְחָמָה ק׳ Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:4; in simile רְמִיָּה כְּק׳ like a bow of deception Hosea 7:16; Psalm 78:57 (i.e. one that misses its aim; others slack bow).
c. ק׳ collective = bow(-men), archers Isaiah 21:17.
d. phrases are: הַמּרִים אֲנָשִׁים בַּקּ׳ 1 Samuel 31:3 archers, bowmen (but dubious; Dr Kit Löhr translates, הַמּ׳ א׳; We Bu strike out א׳ as || 1 Chronicles 10:3; HPS Now strike out בַּקּ׳ א׳), הַמּוֺרִים בַּקּ׳ 1 Chronicles 10:3; מְטַחֲוֵי ק׳ Genesis 21:16 (see [טָתָה], רמֵה ק׳ Jeremiah 4:29, compare perhaps Genesis 21:21 see קִשָּׁת, || נשְׁקֵי ק׳ (see II.נָשַׁק) 1 Chronicles 12:2b 2 Chronicles 17:17, רוֺמֵי ק׳ נוֺ׳ Psalm 78:9; תֹּפֵשׁ הַקּ׳ Amos 2:15 one grasping the bow, (see Jeremiah 46:9 below) see also מִלֵּא יָדוֺ בַקּ׳ 2 Kings 9:24, הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ עַלהַֿקּ׳ 2 Kings 13:16; דָּרַח ק׳ bend (literally tread) the bow, Isaiah 5:28 (participle passive), Isaiah 21:15 (id.; || חֶרֶב) Jeremiah 50:14, 29; Jeremiah 51:3; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:7; Psalm 37:14 (|| חֶרֶב), in figure Psalm 11:2 (|| חֵץ), and, of God, Lamentations 2:4; Lamentations 3:12; Psalm 7:13 (|| הֶרֶב); תֹּפְשֵׂי דֹּרְכֵי ק׳ Jeremiah 46:9; compare(figurative) וַיַּדְרְכוֺ אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם קַשְׁתָּם Jeremiah 9:2; also נְחוּשָׁה וְנִחֲתָה ק׳ Psalm 18:35 = 2 Samuel 22:35 (readוְנִחֲתָה for וְנִחַת) מָשַׁח בַּקּ׳ draw the bow 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33; Isaiah 66:19.
e. bow (passing over into) figurative of might Genesis 49:24 (poem), 1 Samuel 2:4; Hosea 1:5; Jeremiah 49:35; Job 29:20 (compare Psalm 37:15, b. above) feminine נְחוּשָׁה ק׳ fig of divine judgment Job 20:24 (|| נֵשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל)
2. rainbow: אֲשַׁר יִהְיֶה בֶעָנָן בְּיוֺם הַנֶּשֶׁם כְּמַרְאֵה הַקּ׳ Ezekiel 1:28; Genesis 9:13, 14, 16 (P). — קָ֑שֶׁה וַיּאֹמֶר לְלַמֵּד בְּנֵייְֿהוּדָה 2 Samuel 1:18 is corrupt; Greek Version of the LXX al. omits; We Now think misplaced gloss on 2 Samuel 1:6; see further HPS.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:13; 9:14; 9:14; 9:16; 21:16; 21:21; 27:3; 48:22; 48:22; 49:24

Joshua

24:12

1 Samuel

2:4; 18:4; 31:3

2 Samuel

1:6; 1:18; 1:22; 1:22; 22:35

1 Kings

22:34

2 Kings

6:22; 9:24; 13:15; 13:16

1 Chronicles

5:18; 8:40; 10:3; 10:3; 12:2; 12:2

2 Chronicles

14:7; 17:17; 18:33; 26:14; 26:14

Nehemiah

4:7; 4:7; 4:10

Job

5:7; 20:24; 29:20; 41:20

Psalms

7:13; 11:2; 18:35; 37:14; 37:15; 37:15; 37:15; 37:15; 44:7; 46:10; 76:4; 78:9; 78:57

Isaiah

5:28; 5:28; 7:24; 13:18; 21:15; 21:17; 22:3; 41:2; 66:19

Jeremiah

4:29; 6:23; 9:2; 46:9; 46:9; 46:9; 49:35; 50:14; 50:29; 50:42; 51:3; 51:56; 51:56

Lamentations

2:4; 3:12; 3:13

Ezekiel

1:28; 39:3; 39:9

Hosea

1:5; 1:5; 1:7; 1:7; 2:20; 7:16

Amos

2:15

Habakkuk

3:9

Zechariah

9:10; 9:13; 10:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7198 matches the Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qešeṯ),
which occurs 76 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 9:13–Isa 66:19)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13 - I set H5414 My bow H7198 in the cloud, H6051 and it shall be for a sign H226 of a covenant H1285 between H996 Me and the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:14 - “It shall come H1961 about, when I bring H6049 a cloud H6051 over H5921 the earth, H776 that the bow H7198 will be seen H7200 in the cloud, H6051
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16 - “When the bow H7198 is in the cloud, H6051 then I will look H7200 upon it, to remember H2142 the everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 between H996 God H430 and every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 of all H3605 flesh H1320 that is on the earth.” H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went H1980 and sat H3427 down H3427 opposite H4480 H5048 him, about a bowshot H2909 H7198 away, H7368 for she said, H559 “Do not let me [fn]see H7200 the boy H3206 die.” H4194 And she sat H3427 opposite H4480 H5048 him, and lifted H5375 up her voice H6963 and wept. H1058
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - “Now H6258 then, please H4994 take H5375 your gear, H3627 your quiver H8522 and your bow, H7198 and go H3318 out to the field H7704 and hunt H6679 game H6718 for me;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “I give H5414 you one H259 [fn]portion H7926 more H5921 than H5921 your brothers, H251 which H834 I took H3947 from the hand H3027 of the Amorite H567 with my sword H2719 and my bow.” H7198
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But his bow H7198 remained H3427 [fn]firm, H386
And [fn]his arms H2220 were agile, H6339
From the hands H3027 of the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290
(From there H8033 is the Shepherd, H7462 the Stone H68 of Israel), H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - ‘Then I sent H7971 the hornet H6880 before H6440 you and it [fn]drove H1644 out the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 from before H4480 H6440 you, but not by your sword H2719 or your bow. H7198
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - “The bows H7198 of the mighty H1368 are shattered, H2844
But the feeble H3782 gird H247 on strength. H2428
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - Jonathan H3083 stripped H6584 himself of the robe H4598 that was on him and gave H5414 it to David, H1732 with his armor, H4055 including H5704 his sword H2719 and his bow H7198 and his belt. H2290
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - The battle H4421 went H3513 heavily H3513 against H413 Saul, H7586 and the archers H3384 H376 H7198 [fn]hit H4672 him; and he was badly H3966 wounded H2342 by the archers. H3384
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he told H559 them to teach H3925 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 the song of the bow; H7198 behold, H2009 it is written H3789 in the book H5612 of Jashar. H3477
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - “From the blood H1818 of the slain, H2491 from the fat H2459 of the mighty, H1368
The bow H7198 of Jonathan H3083 did not turn H5472 back, H268
And the sword H2719 of Saul H7586 did not return H7725 empty. H7387
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 - “He trains H3925 my hands H3027 for battle, H4421
So that my arms H2220 can bend H5181 a bow H7198 of bronze. H5154
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - Now a certain man H376 drew H4900 his bow H7198 at random H8537 and struck H5221 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 [fn]in a joint H1694 of the armor. H8302 So he said H559 to the driver H7395 of his chariot, H7395 “Turn H2015 [fn]around H3027 and take H3318 me out of the [fn]fight; H4264 for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded.” H2470
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - He [fn]answered, H559 “You shall not [fn]kill H5221 them. Would you [fn]kill H5221 those you have taken H7617 captive H7628 with your sword H2719 and with your bow? H7198 Set H7760 bread H3899 and water H4325 before H6440 them, that they may eat H398 and drink H8354 and go H1980 to their master.” H113
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - And Jehu H3058 [fn]drew H4390 his bow H7198 with his full H4390 strength H3027 and [fn]shot H5221 [fn]Joram H3088 between H996 his arms; H2220 and the arrow H2678 went H3318 [fn]through H3318 his heart H3820 and he sank H3766 in his chariot. H7393
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - Elisha H477 said H559 to him, “Take H3947 a bow H7198 and arrows.” H2671 So he [fn]took H3947 a bow H7198 and arrows. H2671
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - Then he said H559 to the king H4428 of Israel, H3478 “Put H7392 your hand H3027 on the bow.” H7198 And he put H7392 his hand H3027 on it, then Elisha H477 laid H7760 his hands H3027 on the king’s H4428 hands. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the Gadites H1425 and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 consisting of valiant H2428 men, H1121 men H376 who bore H5375 shield H4043 and sword H2719 and shot H1869 with bow H7198 and were skillful H3925 in battle, H4421 were 44,760, H705 H702 H505 H7651 H3967 H8346 who went H3318 to war. H6635
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - The sons H1121 of Ulam H198 were mighty H1368 men H376 of valor, H2428 archers, H1869 H7198 and had H7235 many H7235 sons H1121 and grandsons, H1121 150 H3967 H2572 of them. All H3605 these H428 were of the sons H1121 of Benjamin. H1144
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:3 - The battle H4421 became H3513 heavy H3513 against H5921 Saul, H7586 and the archers H3384 H7198 [fn]overtook H4672 him; and he was wounded H2342 by the archers. H3384
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were equipped H5401 with bows, H7198 using both the right H3231 hand H3231 and the left H8041 to sling stones H68 and to shoot arrows H2671 from the bow; H7198 they were Saul’s H7586 kinsmen H251 from Benjamin. H1144
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa H609 had H1961 an army H2428 of 300,000 H7969 H3967 H505 from Judah, H3063 bearing H5375 large H6793 shields H6793 and spears, H7420 and 280,000 H3967 H8084 H505 from Benjamin, H1144 bearing H5375 shields H4043 and wielding H1869 bows; H7198 all H3605 of them were valiant H2428 warriors. H1368
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - and of Benjamin, H1144 Eliada H450 a valiant H2428 warrior, H1368 and with him 200,000 H3967 H505 armed H5401 with bow H7198 and shield; H4043
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - A certain man H376 drew H4900 his bow H7198 at random H8537 and struck H5221 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 [fn]in a joint H1694 of the armor. H8302 So he said H559 to the driver H7395 of the chariot, H7395 “Turn H2015 [fn]around H3027 and take H3318 me out of the [fn]fight, H4264 for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded.” H2470
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - Moreover, Uzziah H5818 prepared H3559 [fn]for all H3605 the army H6635 shields, H4043 spears, H7420 helmets, H3553 body H8302 armor, H8302 bows H7198 and sling H7050 stones. H68
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - then I stationed H5975 men in the lowest H8482 parts H8482 of the space H4725 behind H310 the wall, H2346 the [fn]exposed H6706 places, H6706 and I stationed H5975 the people H5971 in families H4940 with their swords, H2719 spears H7420 and bows. H7198
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - From that day H3117 on, half H2677 of my servants H5288 carried H6213 on the work H4399 while half H2677 of them held H2388 the spears, H7420 the shields, H4043 the bows H7198 and the breastplates; H8302 and the captains H8269 were behind H310 the whole H3605 house H1004 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - “He may flee H1272 from the iron H1270 weapon, H5402
But the bronze H5154 bow H7198 will pierce H2498 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - ‘My glory H3519 is ever new H2319 with me,
And my bow H7198 is renewed H2498 in my hand.’ H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 - “The [fn]arrow H1121 cannot H3808 make him flee; H1272
Slingstones H7050 H68 are turned H2015 into stubble H7179 for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If H518 [fn]a man does not repent, H7725 He will sharpen H3913 His sword; H2719
He has bent H1869 His bow H7198 and [fn]made H3559 it ready. H3559
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - For, behold, H2009 the wicked H7563 bend H1869 the bow, H7198
They [fn]make H3559 ready H3559 their arrow H2671 upon the string H3499
To shoot H3384 in darkness H652 at the upright H3477 in heart. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:34 - He trains H3925 my hands H3027 for battle, H4421
So that my arms H2220 can bend H5181 a bow H7198 of bronze. H5154
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked H7563 have drawn H6605 the sword H2719 and bent H1869 their bow H7198
To cast H5307 down H5307 the afflicted H6041 and the needy, H34
To slay H2873 those who H3477 are upright H3477 in conduct. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - Their sword H2719 will enter H935 their own heart, H3820
And their bows H7198 will be broken. H7665
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:6 - For I will not trust H982 in my bow, H7198
Nor H3808 will my sword H2719 save H3467 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars H4421 to cease H7673 to the end H7097 of the earth; H776
He breaks H7665 the bow H7198 and cuts H7112 the spear H2595 in two; H7112
He burns H8313 the chariots H5699 with fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There H8033 He broke H7665 the [fn]flaming H7565 arrows, H7198
The shield H4043 and the sword H2719 and the [fn]weapons H4421 of war. H4421 [fn]Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - The sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 [fn]were archers H7411 equipped H5401 with bows, H7198
Yet they turned H2015 back H2015 in the day H3117 of battle. H7128
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - But turned H5472 back H5472 and acted H898 treacherously H898 like their fathers; H1
They turned H2015 aside H2015 like a treacherous H7423 bow. H7198
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - [fn]Its arrows H2671 are sharp H8150 and all H3605 its bows H7198 are bent; H1869
The hoofs H6541 of its horses H5483 [fn]seem H2803 like flint H6862 and its chariot wheels H1534 like a whirlwind. H5492
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - People will come H935 there H8033 with bows H7198 and arrows H2671 because H3588 all H3605 the land H776 will be briars H8068 and thorns. H7898
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And their bows H7198 will [fn]mow H7376 down H7376 the young H5288 men, H5288
They will not even have H7355 compassion H7355 on the fruit H6529 of the womb, H990
Nor will their eye H5869 pity H2347 [fn]children. H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they have fled H5074 from the swords, H2719
From the drawn H5203 sword, H2719 and from the bent H1869 bow H7198
And from the press H3514 of battle. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - and the remainder H7605 of the number H4557 of bowmen, H7198 the mighty H1368 men H1368 of the sons H1121 of Kedar, H6938 will be few; H4591 for the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 has spoken.” H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:3 - All H3605 your rulers H7101 have fled H5074 together, H3162
And have been captured H631 [fn]without H4480 the bow; H7198
All H3605 of you who were found H4672 were taken H631 captive H631 together, H3162
[fn]Though they had fled H1272 far H7350 away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - “Who H4310 has aroused H5782 one from the east H4217
Whom He calls H7121 in righteousness H6664 to His [fn]feet? H7272
He delivers H5414 up nations H1471 before H6440 him
And subdues H7287 kings. H4428
He makes H5414 them like dust H6083 with his sword, H2719
As the wind-driven chaff H7179 with his bow. H7198
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - “I will set H7760 a sign H226 among them and will send H7971 survivors H6412 from them to the nations: H1471 Tarshish, H8659 [fn]Put, H6316 Lud, H3865 [fn]Meshech, H4902 Tubal H8422 and [fn]Javan, H3120 to the distant H7350 coastlands H339 that have neither H3808 heard H8085 My fame H8088 nor H3808 seen H7200 My glory. H3519 And they will declare H5046 My glory H3519 among the nations. H1471

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