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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
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 - At the sound H6963 of the horseman H6571 and bowman H7411 H7198 every H3605 city H5892 flees; H1272
They go H935 into the thickets H5645 and climb H5927 among the rocks; H3710
Every H3605 city H5892 is forsaken, H5800
And no H369 man H376 dwells H3427 in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - “They seize H2388 bow H7198 and spear; H3591
They are cruel H394 and have H7355 no H3808 mercy; H7355
Their voice H6963 roars H1993 like the sea, H3220
And they ride H7392 on horses, H5483
Arrayed H6186 as a man H376 for the battle H4421
Against H5921 you, O daughter H1323 of Zion!” H6726

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - “They bend H1869 their tongue H3956 like their bow; H7198
Lies H8267 and not truth H530 prevail H1396 in the land; H776
For they proceed H3318 from evil H7451 to evil, H7451
And they do not know H3045 Me,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Go H5927 up, you horses, H5483 and [fn]drive H1984 madly, H1984 you chariots, H7393
That the mighty H1368 men H1368 may [fn]march H3318 forward: H3318
Ethiopia H3568 and [fn]Put, H6316 that handle H8610 the shield, H4043
And the [fn]Lydians, H3866 that handle H8610 and bend H1869 the bow. H7198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
‘Behold, H2009 I am going to break H7665 the bow H7198 of Elam, H5867
The [fn]finest H7225 of their might. H1369

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - “Draw H6186 up your battle H6186 lines H6186 against H5921 Babylon H894 on every H5439 side, H5439
All H3605 you who [fn]bend H1869 the bow; H7198
Shoot H3034 at her, do not be sparing H2550 with your arrows, H2671
For she has sinned H2398 against the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Summon H8085 [fn]many H7227 against H413 Babylon, H894
All H3605 those who [fn]bend H1869 the bow: H7198
Encamp H2583 against H5921 her on every H5439 side, H5439
Let there be no H408 escape H6413[fn].
Repay H7999 her according to her work; H6467
According to all H3605 that she has done, H6213 so do H6213 to her;
For she has become H2102 arrogant H2102 against H413 the LORD, H3068
Against H413 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - “They seize H2388 their bow H7198 and javelin; H3591
They are cruel H394 and have H7355 no H3808 mercy. H7355
Their voice H6963 roars H1993 like the sea; H3220
And they ride H7392 on horses, H5483
Marshalled H6186 like a man H376 for the battle H4421
Against H5921 you, O daughter H1323 of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - “[fn]Let not [fn]him who [fn]bends H1869 his bow H7198 [fn]bend H1869 it,
[fn]Nor H413 let him rise H5927 up in his scale-armor; H5630
So do not spare H2550 her young H970 men; H970
Devote H2763 all H3605 her army H6635 to destruction. H2763

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - For the destroyer H7703 is coming H935 against H5921 her, against H5921 Babylon, H894
And her mighty H1368 men H1368 will be captured, H3920
Their bows H7198 are shattered; H2865
For the LORD H3068 is a God H410 of recompense, H1578
He will fully H7999 repay. H7999

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - He has bent H1869 His bow H7198 like an enemy; H340
He has set H5324 His right H3225 hand H3225 like an adversary H6862
And slain H2026 all H3605 that were pleasant H4261 to the eye; H5869
In the tent H168 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
He has poured H8210 out His wrath H2534 like fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - He bent H1869 His bow H7198
And set H5324 me as a target H4307 for the arrow. H2671

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance H4758 of the rainbow H7198 [fn]in the clouds H6051 on a rainy H1653 day, H3117 so H3651 was the appearance H4758 of the surrounding H5439 radiance. H5051 Such 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 on my face H6440 and heard H8085 a voice H6963 speaking. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - “I will strike H5221 your bow H7198 from your left H8040 hand H3027 and dash H5307 down H5307 your arrows H2671 from your right H3225 hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - “Then those who inhabit H3427 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478 will go H3318 out and make H1197 fires H1197 with the weapons H5402 and burn H5400 them, both shields H4043 and bucklers, H6793 bows H7198 and arrows, H2671 war H4731 clubs H4731 and spears, H7420 and for seven H7651 years H8141 they will make H1197 fires H784 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - “On that day H3117 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 I will have H7355 compassion H7355 on the house H1004 of Judah H3063 and deliver H3467 them by the LORD H3068 their God, H430 and will not deliver H3467 them by bow, H7198 sword, H2719 battle, H4421 horses H5483 or horsemen.” H6571

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - “In that day H3117 I will also make H3772 a covenant H1285 for them
With the beasts H2416 of the field, H7704
The birds H5775 of the sky H8064
And the creeping H7431 things H7431 of the ground. H127
And I will [fn]abolish H7665 the bow, H7198 the sword H2719 and war H4421 from the land, H776
And will make them lie H7901 down H7901 in safety. H983

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:16 - They turn, H7725 but not [fn]upward, H5920
They are like a deceitful H7423 bow; H7198
Their princes H8269 will fall H5307 by the sword H2719
Because H4480 of the [fn]insolence H2195 of their tongue. H3956
This H2097 will be their derision H3933 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:15 - “He who grasps H8610 the bow H7198 will not stand H5975 his ground,
The swift H7031 of foot H7272 will not escape, H4422
Nor H3808 will he who rides H7392 the horse H5483 save H4422 his [fn]life. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - Your bow H7198 was made H5783 bare, H6181 H5783
The rods H4294 of [fn]chastisement H561 were sworn. H7621 Selah. H5542
You cleaved H1234 the earth H776 with rivers. H5104

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 - I will cut H3772 off H3772 the chariot H7393 from Ephraim H669
And the horse H5483 from Jerusalem; H3389
And the bow H7198 of war H4421 will be cut H3772 off. H3772
And He will speak H1696 peace H7965 to the nations; H1471
And His dominion H4915 will be from sea H3220 to sea, H3220
And from the [fn]River H5104 to the ends H657 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:13 - For I will bend H1869 Judah H3063 [fn]as My bow, H7198
I will fill H4390 the bow H7198 with Ephraim. H669
And I will stir H5782 up your sons, H1121 O Zion, H6726 against H5921 your sons, H1121 O Greece; H3120
And I will make H7760 you like a warrior’s H1368 sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - “From [fn]them will come H3318 the cornerstone, H6438
From [fn]them the tent H3489 peg, H3489
From [fn]them the bow H7198 of battle, H4421
From [fn]them every H3605 [fn]ruler, H5065 all of them together. H3162

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