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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7189 - קֹשְׁטְ

Transliteration

qôsheṭ

Phonetics

koh-shet

Origin

from an unused root meaning to balance

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2088,2089a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

bow
truth, balanced verity

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 227 ‑ ἀληθής (al‑ay‑thace');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

BSB (2)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

CSB (1)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

ESV (2)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

KJV (2)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LEB (1)

Proverbs 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2739) u s q (קסהתה QShTh) AC: Weigh CO: ? AB: Truth: A weighing in a balance scale.

b^f1) e u i s q (קסהיתהה QShYThH) - Qeshiytah: A unit of value, money. KJV (3): money, silver - Strongs: H7192 (קְשִׂיטָה)

c^m) u f s q (קסהותה QShWTh) - Truth: In the sense of weighing. KJV (2): truth - Strongs: H7187 (קְשֹׁט)

g^m) u s f q (קוסהתה QWShTh) - Truth: In the sense of weighing. KJV (2): certainty, truth - Strongs: H7189 (קֹשְׁטְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

ק֫שֶׁט noun [ masculine ?] bow; — Psalm 60:6, Aramaic form of קֶשֶׁת, q. v. (ט for ת after ק).

קשׁט (√ of following; compare Palmyrene קשט succeed; Aramaic קְשׁוֺפ, קֻשְׁטָא right, truth; Syriac id., ChrPalAramaic TRUE, Mandean כשט be true, see Schw^{Idioticon 86}; Arabic equity, justice is loan-word (see Frä²⁰⁶)).

קשְׁטְ noun masculine truth; — Proverbs 22:21 (according to Toy Aramaic gloss to following אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת).

קְשִׁי, קִשְׁוֺן, see I. קשׁה.

List of Word Forms

קֹ֣שֶׁט קֹ֭שְׁטְ קשט Koshet qō·šeṭ qō·šəṭ qōšeṭ qōšəṭ