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Lexicon :: Strong's H7198 - qešeṯ

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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 2 / 2 (Jer 4:29–Zec 10:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 -

At the sound of the horseman and archer H7198 every city flees;

They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;

Every city is abandoned,

And no one lives in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 -

“They seize bow H7198 and spear;

They are cruel and have no mercy;

Their voice roars like the sea,

And they ride on horses,

Lined up as a man for the battle

Against you, daughter of Zion!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 -

“They bend their tongues like their bows H7198;

Lies and not truth prevail in the land;

For they proceed from evil to evil,

And they do not know Me,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 -

Go up, you horses, and [fn]drive wildly, you chariots,

So that the warriors may [fn]march forward:

[fn]Cush and [fn]Put, who handle the shield,

And the [fn]Lydians, who handle and bend the bow H7198.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 -

“This is what the LORD of armies says:

‘Behold, I am going to break the bow H7198 of Elam,

The [fn]finest of their might.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 -

“Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side,

All of you who [fn]bend the bow H7198;

Shoot at her, do not spare your arrows,

For she has sinned against the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 -

“Summon [fn]many against Babylon,

All those who [fn]bend the bow H7198:

Encamp against her on every side,

Let there be no escape[fn].

Repay her according to her work;

According to all that she has done, so do to her;

For she has become arrogant against the LORD,

Against the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 -

“They seize their bow H7198 and javelin;

They are cruel and have no mercy.

Their voice roars like the sea;

And they ride on horses,

Drawn up like a man for the battle

Against you, daughter of Babylon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 -

“Let not [fn]him who [fn]bends his bow H7198 [fn]bend it,

Nor let him rise up in his coat of armor.

Do not spare her young men;

Devote all her army to destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 -

For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,

And her warriors will be captured,

Their bows H7198 shattered;

For the LORD is a God of retribution,

He will fully repay.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 -

He has bent His bow H7198 like an enemy;

His right hand is positioned like an adversary,

And He has killed everything that was pleasant to the eye.

In the tent of the daughter of Zion

He has poured out His wrath like fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 -

He bent His bow H7198

And took aim at me as a target for the arrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - Like the appearance of the rainbow H7198 [fn]in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - “Then I will strike your bow H7198 from your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 -

“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both [fn]bucklers and shields, bows H7198 and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - “On that day I will break the bow H7198 of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - “But I will take pity on the house of Judah and save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow H7198, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 -

“On that day I will also make a covenant for them

With the animals of the field,

The birds of the sky,

And the crawling things of the ground.

And I will [fn]eliminate the bow H7198, the sword, and war from the land,

And will let them lie down in safety.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:16 -

They turn, but not [fn]upward,

They are like a loose bow H7198;

Their officials will fall by the sword

Because of the [fn]insolence of their tongue.

This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:15 -

“The one who grasps the bow H7198 will not stand his ground,

The swift of foot will not escape,

Nor will the one who rides the horse save his [fn]life.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 -

You removed Your bow H7198 from its holder,

The arrows of Your word were [fn]sworn. Selah

You divided the earth with rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 -

And I will eliminate the chariot from Ephraim

And the horse from Jerusalem;

And the bow H7198 of war will be eliminated.

And He will speak peace to the nations;

And His dominion will be from sea to sea,

And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:13 -

For I will bend Judah [fn]as My bow H7198,

I will fill the bow H7198 with Ephraim.

And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece;

And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 -

“From [fn]them will come the cornerstone,

From [fn]them the tent peg,

From [fn]them the bow H7198 of battle,

From [fn]them every tyrant, all of them together.


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