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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 2 / 2 (Jer 4:29–Zec 10:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - The H5892➔ whole H3605 city ➔H5892 shall flee H1272 for the noise H6963 of the horsemen H6571 and bowmen; H7411 H7198 they shall go H935 into thickets, H5645 and H3710➔ climb up H5927 upon the rocks: ➔H3710 every H3605 city H5892 shall be forsaken, H5800 and not H369 a man H376 dwell H3427 therein. H2004

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They shall lay hold on H2388 bow H7198 and spear; H3591 they H1931 are cruel, H394 and H3808➔ have H7355➔ no ➔H3808 mercy; ➔H7355 their voice H6963 roareth H1993 like the sea; H3220 and H5921➔ they ride H7392 upon ➔H5921 horses, H5483 set in array H6186 as men H376 for war H4421 against thee, H5921 O daughter H1323 of Zion. H6726

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - And they bend H1869 their tongues H3956 like their bow H7198 for lies: H8267 but H3808➔ they are H1396➔ not ➔H3808 valiant ➔H1396 for the truth H530 upon the earth; H776 for H3588 they proceed H3318 from evil H7451 to H413 evil, H7451 and H853➔ they know H3045 not H3808 me, ➔H853 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Come up, H5927 ye horses; H5483 and rage, H1984 ye chariots; H7393 and let H3318➔ the mighty men H1368 come forth; ➔H3318 the Ethiopians H3568 and the Libyans, H6316 that handle H8610 the shield; H4043 and the Lydians, H3866 that handle H8610 and bend H1869 the bow. H7198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts; H6635 Behold, I H2005 will break H7665 the bow H7198 of Elam, H5867 the chief H7225 of their might. H1369

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - Put yourselves in array H6186 against H5921 Babylon H894 round about: H5439 all H3605 ye that bend H1869 the bow, H7198 shoot H3034 at her, H413 spare H2550 no H408 arrows: H2671 for H3588 she hath sinned H2398 against the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - Call together H8085 the archers H7228 against H413 Babylon: H894 all H3605 ye that bend H1869 the bow, H7198 camp H2583 against it H5921 round about; H5439 let H1961➔ none H408 thereof ➔H1961 escape: H6413 recompense H7999 her according to her work; H6467 according to all H3605 that H834 she hath done, H6213 do H6213 unto her: for H3588 she hath been proud H2102 against H413 the LORD, H3068 against H413 the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They shall hold H2388 the bow H7198 and the lance: H3591 they H1992 are cruel, H394 and H3808➔ will H7355➔ not ➔H3808 shew mercy: ➔H7355 their voice H6963 shall roar H1993 like the sea, H3220 and H5921➔ they shall ride H7392 upon ➔H5921 horses, H5483 every one put in array, H6186 like a man H376 to the battle, H4421 against thee, H5921 O daughter H1323 of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Against H413 him that bendeth H1869 let H1869➔ the archer H1869 bend ➔H1869 his bow, H7198 and against H408 him that lifteth himself up H5927 in his brigandine: H5630 and H413➔ spare ye H2550 not ➔H413 her young men; H970 destroy ye utterly H2763 all H3605 her host. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - Because H3588 the spoiler H7703 is come H935 upon her, H5921 even upon H5921 Babylon, H894 and H3920➔ her mighty men H1368 are taken, ➔H3920 every one of their bows H7198 is broken: H2865 for H3588 the LORD H3068 God H410 of recompences H1578 shall H7999➔ surely H7999 requite. ➔H7999

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - He hath bent H1869 his bow H7198 like an enemy: H341 he stood H5324 with his right hand H3225 as an adversary, H6862 and slew H2026 all H3605 that were pleasant H4261 to the eye H5869 in the tabernacle H168 of the daughter H1323 of Zion: H6726 he poured out H8210 his fury H2534 like fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - He hath bent H1869 his bow, H7198 and set me H5324 as a mark H4307 for the arrow. H2671

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance H4758 of the bow H7198 that H834 is H1961 in the cloud H6051 in the day H3117 of rain, H1653 so H3651 was the appearance H4758 of the brightness H5051 round about. H5439 This H1931 was the appearance H4758 of the likeness H1823 of the glory H3519 of the LORD. H3068 And when I saw H7200 it, I fell H5307 upon H5921 my face, H6440 and I heard H8085 a voice H6963 of one that spake. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - And I will smite H5221 thy bow H7198 out of H3027➔ thy left H8040 hand, ➔H3027 and H2671➔ will cause H5307➔ thine arrows ➔H2671 to fall ➔H5307 out of H3027➔ thy right H3225 hand. ➔H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - And H3318➔ they that dwell H3427 in the cities H5892 of Israel H3478 shall go forth, ➔H3318 and shall set on fire H1197 and burn H5400 the weapons, H5402 both the shields H4043 and the bucklers, H6793 the bows H7198 and the arrows, H2671 and the handstaves, H4731 H3027 and the spears, H7420 and they shall burn H1197 them with fire H784 seven H7651 years: H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - And it shall come to pass H1961 at that day, H3117 that H1931 I will break H7665 the bow H7198 of Israel H3478 in the valley H6010 of Jezreel. H3157

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - But H853 I will have mercy H7355 upon the house H1004 of Judah, H3063 and will save them H3467 by the LORD H3068 their God, H430 and H3808➔ will H3467➔ not ➔H3808 save them ➔H3467 by bow, H7198 nor by sword, H2719 nor by battle, H4421 by horses, H5483 nor by horsemen. H6571

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - And H3772➔ in H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 will I make ➔H3772 a covenant H1285 for them with H5973 the beasts H2416 of the field, H7704 and with H5973 the fowls H5775 of heaven, H8064 and with the creeping things H7431 of the ground: H127 and H7198➔ I will break H7665 the bow ➔ H7198 and the sword H2719 and the battle H4421 out of H4480 the earth, H776 and will make them to lie down H7901 safely. H983

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:16 - They return, H7725 but not H3808 to the most High: H5920 they are H1961 like a H7198➔ deceitful H7423 bow: ➔ H7198 their princes H8269 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 for the rage H2195 of their tongue: H3956 this H2097 shall be their derision H3933 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:15 - Neither H3808 shall he stand H5975 that handleth H8610 the bow; H7198 and H7031➔ he that is swift ➔H7031 of foot H7272 shall H4422➔ not H3808 deliver ➔H4422 himself: neither shall he that rideth H7392 the horse H5483 deliver H4422 himself. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - Thy bow H7198 was made H5783➔ quite H6181 naked, ➔H5783 according to the oaths H7621 of the tribes, H4294 even thy word. H562 Selah. H5542 Thou didst cleave H1234 the earth H776 with rivers. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - And I will cut off H3772 the chariot H7393 from Ephraim, H669 and the horse H5483 from Jerusalem, H3389 and H3772➔ the H7198➔ battle H4421 bow ➔ H7198 shall be cut off: ➔H3772 and he shall speak H1696 peace H7965 unto the heathen: H1471 and his dominion H4915 shall be from sea H3220 even to H5704 sea, H3220 and from the river H5104 even to H5704 the ends H657 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:13 - When H3588 I have bent H1869 Judah H3063 for me, H589 filled H4390 the bow H7198 with Ephraim, H669 and raised up H5782 thy sons, H1121 O Zion, H6726 against H5921 thy sons, H1121 O Greece, H3120 and made thee H7760 as the sword H2719 of a mighty man. H1368

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - Out of him H4480 came forth H3318 the corner, H6438 out of him H4480 the nail, H3489 out of him H4480 the H7198➔ battle H4421 bow, ➔ H7198 out of him H4480 every H3605 oppressor H5065 together. H3162

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