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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

H7198

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13 - I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:14 - And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16 - And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent the hornet before you, driving out the two kings of the Amorites before you, not with your sword and your bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - (It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 - He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow: and he put his hand on it; and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - And the sons of Ulam were men of war, bowmen, and had a great number of sons and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:3 - And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 - The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:34 - He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:6 - I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - Men will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be full of blackberries and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:3 - All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.

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