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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 1 / 2 (Gen 9:13–Isa 66:19)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13 - My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:14 - and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16 - and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it -- to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which is on the earth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which is upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the wounded, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan Hath not turned backward; And the sword of Saul doth not return empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:35 - Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to his charioteer, 'Turn thy hand, and take me out from the camp, for I have become sick.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - And he saith, 'Thou dost not smite; those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow art thou smiting? set bread and water before them, and they eat, and drink, and go unto their lord.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:24 - And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - And Elisha saith to him, 'Take bow and arrows:' and he taketh unto him bow and arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - And he saith to the king of Israel, 'Place thy hand on the bow;' and he placeth his hand, and Elisha putteth his hands on the hands of the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, of sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword, and treading bow, and taught in battle, are forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going out to the host.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - And the sons of Ulam are men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying sons and son's sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:3 - And the battle is heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - armed with bow, right and left handed, with stones, and with arrows, with bows, of the brethren of Saul, of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these are mighty of valour.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to the charioteer, 'Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - And Uzziah prepareth for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, even to stones of the slings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads are behind all the house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My honour is fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 - The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If one turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:34 - Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:6 - For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 - There he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Whose arrows are sharp, and all its bows bent, Hoofs of its horses as flint have been reckoned, And its wheels as a hurricane!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - With arrows and with bow he cometh thither, Because all the land is brier and thorn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:3 - All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth them as dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.

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