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Strong's #7198 - קֶשֶׁת

Transliteration

qesheth

Phonetics

keh'-sheth

Origin

from (H7185) in the original sense of (H6983) of bending

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2093

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

bow
1. bow (for hunting, battle)
2. bowmen, archers
3. bow (figuratively of might)
4. rainbow

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5115 ‑ τόξον (tox'‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (68)

Genesis 6

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 2

Psalms 10

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 3

BSB (65)

Genesis 7

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 10

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 3

CSB (58)

Genesis 7

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 10

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 3

ESV (66)

Genesis 7

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 10

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 3

KJV (77)

Genesis 7

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 10

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 3

LEB (68)

Genesis 6

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 9

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 3

LSB (70)

Genesis 6

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 2

Psalms 10

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

N95 (60)

Genesis 6

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 2

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

NAS (70)

Genesis 7

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 2

Psalms 10

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (71)

Genesis 6

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

Job 2

Psalms 9

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 4

ASV (68)

a bow 2

and all their bows 1

and bowmen 1

and bows 1

and my bow 1

and the bow 2

and the bows 1

and their bows 2

and thy bow 1

and to his bow 1

and with bow 1

and with my bow 1

and with thy bow 1

bow 6

bows 2

but his bow 1

by the archers 1

drew his bow 1

from the bow 1

his bow 6

in my bow 1

my bow 1

nor with thy bow 1

of the archers 1

of the bow 2

on bow 2

that the bow 1

the bow 12

the bows 2

their bow 1

their bows 1

them by bow 1

thy bow 2

to his bow 1

unto him bow 1

upon the bow 1

with bow 2

with bows 1

BSB (65)

a bow 4

and bow 2

and bows 1

and my bow 1

and the bow 1

and the rainbow 1

and their bows 2

and whenever the rainbow 1

archers 1

arrow 2

as my bow 1

bow 5

bows 2

by bow 1

his bow 9

in my bow 1

like their bows 1

my rainbow 1

of a rainbow 1

or bow 2

the bow 14

the bows 2

the song of the bow 1

their bows 3

with bow 1

with bows 1

with his bow 1

without a bow 1

your bow 1

CSB (58)

a bow 2

archers 1

arrow 1

as my bow 1

bow 25

bows 9

his bow 3

like their bows 1

my bow 1

rainbow 1

the bow 11

the bow's 1

the bows 1

ESV (66)

archers 1

arrow 1

arrows 1

bow 53

bows 10

KJV (77)

* 6

archers 2

arrow 1

bow 55

bows 13

LEB (68)

⌊an arrow⌋ 1

a bow 4

a bow of 1

and ⌊i was revitalized regularly⌋ 1

and bow 1

and bows 1

and their bows 2

and with my bow 1

and your bow 1

as my bow 1

bow 8

bows 3

but an arrow of 1

but his bow 1

by bow 1

him a bow 1

his bow 6

his bows 1

like their bow 1

my bow 2

or with the bow 1

the bow 14

the bow of 3

the bow⌋ 1

the bows of 2

their bow 1

their bows 1

with a bow 1

with his bow 1

with the bow 1

your bow 2

LSB (70)

arrows 1

bow 54

bowmen 1

bows 13

rainbow 1

N95 (60)

bow 47

bowmen 1

bows 11

rainbow 1

NAS (70)

arrows 1

bow 50

bowmen 1

bows 14

rainbow 4

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (71)

a bow 2

and all their bows 1

and archers 1

and bows 1

and the bows 1

and their bows 1

and to his bow 1

and with bow 1

and with my bow 1

and with your bow 1

and your bow 1

arrow 1

as a bow 1

as their bow 1

bow 7

bows 2

but his bow 1

by the archers 1

drew his bow 1

from the bow 1

his bow 6

in my bow 1

my bow 1

my rainbow 1

nor with your bow 1

of bow 1

of the archers 1

of the rainbow 1

on bow 1

on the bow 1

that the rainbow 1

the bow 10

the bows 2

the rainbow 1

the song of the bow 1

their bow 1

their bows 4

them by bow 1

to him bow 1

to his bow 1

with bow 2

with bows 1

your bow 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1435) s q (קסה QSh) AC: Gather CO: Stalk AB: ?: The pictograph q is a picture of the sun at the horizon and the gathering of the light, the s is a picture of the teeth representing pressure. Combined these mean "bring together and pressed". Once the grain stalks are harvested from the field, it is gathered into bundles and secured with a cord in the middle.

A) s q (קסה QSh) AC: ? CO: Stubble AB: ?: The stiff part of the stalk that remains in the ground. The stiffness a branch for making bows or snares.

N^m) s q (קסה QSh) - Stubble: KJV (16): stubble - Strongs: H7179 (קַשׁ)

N^f2) t s q (קסהת QShT) - Bow: Made from a stiff branch to shoot arrows. KJV (77): bow - Strongs: H7198 (קֶשֶׁת)

f^m) i s q (קסהי QShY) - Stubbornness: As stiff. KJV (1): stubbornness - Strongs: H7190 (קְשִׁי)

B) s s q (קסהסה QShSh) AC: Gather CO: Stalk AB: ?: The stalks of the grain harvested are gathered together and tied into tight bundles. The stiffness of the stalks or a branch.

V) s s q (קסהסה QShSh) - Gather: KJV (8): (vf: Paal) gather - Strongs: H7197 (קָשַׁשׁ)

N^m) s s q (קסהסה QShSh) - Chaff: [df: ssx] KJV (2): chaff - Strongs: H2842 (חֲשַׁשׁ)

E) a s q (קסהא QShA) AC: ? CO: Cucumber AB: ?: A hard vegetable.

d^f) a f s q (קסהוא QShWA) - Cucumber: A hard vegetable. KJV (1): cucumber - Strongs: H7180 (קִשֻּׁאָה)

h^f1) e a s q m (מקסהאה MQShAH) - Cucumber: A hard vegetable. [df: hsqm] KJV (1): cucumber - Strongs: H4750 (מִקְשָׁה)

H) e s q (קסהה QShH) AC: ? CO: Hard AB: ?: The stiffness of the stubble or branch.

V) e s q (קסהה QShH) - Hard: KJV (28): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) harden, hard, grievous - Strongs: H7185 (קָשָׁה)

N^m) e s q (קסהה QShH) - Hard: KJV (36): hard, roughly, cruel, grievous, sore, churlish, hardhearted, heavy - Strongs: H7186 (קָשֶׁה)

h^m) e s q m (מקסהה MQShH) - Hairdo: A well dressed hair. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): hair - Strongs: H4748 (מִקְשֶׁה)

h^f1) e s q m (מקסהה MQShH) - Work: A metal that is formed by being beaten by a hammer. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (10): beaten, piece, upright - Strongs: H4749 (מִקְשָׁה)

J) s f q (קוסה QWSh) AC: Gather CO: Snare AB: ?: A snare for trapping animals is constructed of a bent branch (as a spring) tied to a trap.

V) s f q (קוסה QWSh) - Snare: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) snare - Strongs: H6983 (קוּשׁ)

L) s q i (יקסה YQSh) AC: Gather CO: Snare AB: ?: A snare for trapping animals is constructed of a bent branch (as a spring) tied to a trap.

V) s q i (יקסה YQSh) - Snare: KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Participle) snare - Strongs: H3369 (יָקַשׁ)

a^m) s q f m (מוקסה MWQSh) - Snare: KJV (27): snare, gin, trap, ensnared - Strongs: H4170 (מֹקֵשׁ)

c^m) s f q i (יקוסה YQWSh) - Snarer: KJV (1): fowler - Strongs: H3352 (יָקוֹשׁ)

d^m) s f q i (יקוסה YQWSh) - Snare: KJV (3): fowler, snare - Strongs: H3353 (יָקוּשׁ)

Adopted Roots:

A2437 S q n (Ensnare)
A2738 H s q (Harden)
A2741 T s q (Archer)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

קֶ֫שֶׁת noun feminine^{Genesis 9:14} (apparently masculine 2 Samuel 1:22 but see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896) 91}) bow (originally √ perhaps קושׁ, meaning unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ‡aštu; Ethiopic

Arabic

plural

etc.; ᵑ7 and (קַשְׁתָּא and (ט for ת after ק P) קוּשְׁטָא (rare), all bow, קַשָּׁתָא bowman; Syriac

bow,

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 12:2 a; 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; al. 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 12:2 b 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) feminineנְחוּשָׁה ׳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; ᵐ5 al. omits; We Now think misplaced gloss on 2 Samuel 1:6; see further HPS.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

קֶשֶׁת pl. קְשָׁתוֹת, constr. קַשְׁתוֹת, comm. (m. 2 Samuel 1:22 f. Psalms 18:35).

(1) a bow (from the root קוֹשׁ, of the form שַׁחַת, נַחַת, סֹלֶת; although ת servile afterwards becomes a radical letter, compare Aram. ܙܶܬܘܰܫܶܛ to shoot, see Lehrg. p. 439, 474. Arabic قَوْسُ bow)

(a) for shooting arrows, Genesis 21:16; Isaiah 13:18; Job 20:24, and frequently. דָּרַךְ קֶשֶׁת to draw a bow, see דָּרַךְ. בֶּן־קֶשֶׁת the son of a bow, i.e. an arrow, Job 41:20. Meton. bow is used

(α) for archers, אַנְשֵׁי קֶשֶׁת Isaiah 21:17, 22:3 Psalms 78:57, where קֶשֶׁת רְמִיָּה are deceitful archers (who deceive by a simulated flight). Compare קָצִיר used for reapers.

(β) the song of the bow, 2 Samuel 1:18, i.e. David’s elegy, composed on Saul and Jonathan, in which mention is made of the bow, verse 22 2 Samuel 1:22 on this manner of inscribing poems and books, used by the orientals, see Jones, on Asiatic Poetry, p. 269; my Comment. on Isaiah 22:1. In other places bow is used metaph. for strength and power; hence to break any one’s bow, i.e. to break his strength, to overturn his power, Hosea 1:5; Jeremiah 49:35; Job 29:20, “my bow is strengthened in my hand,” i.e. my strength increases; Genesis 49:24.

(b) the heavenly bow, the rainbow, Gr. τόξον, Genesis 9:13, seq.; Ezekiel 1:28. Hence denom.

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בְּקֶ֣שֶׁת בְּקֶ֤שֶׁת בְקַשְׁתִּ֣י בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃ בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת בַקֶּ֗שֶׁת בקשת בקשתי בקשתך׃ הַקֶּ֔שֶׁת הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת הַקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ הַקֶּ֡שֶׁת הקשת וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗ם וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י וְהַקְּשָׁת֖וֹת וְקֶ֨שֶׁת וְקַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וּֽבְקַשְׁתְּךָ֖ וּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי׃ וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁת וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת וּקְשָׁת֖וֹת ובקשת ובקשתי׃ ובקשתך והקשתות וקשת וקשתות וקשתותם וקשתי וקשתך וקשתתיהם׃ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת כקשת מִקֶּ֣שֶׁת מקשת קֶ֔שֶׁת קֶ֖שֶׁת קֶ֗שֶׁת קֶ֚שֶׁת קֶ֛שֶׁת קֶ֜שֶׁת קֶ֣שֶׁת קֶ֥שֶׁת קֶֽשֶׁת־ קַ֫שְׁתָּ֥ם קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יו קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑ם קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַשְׁתִּ֕י קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ קַשְׁתָּ֣ם קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ קַשְׁתּ֖וֹ קַשְׁתּ֜וֹ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ קַשְׁתּוֹ֙ קָ֑שֶׁת קָֽשֶׁת׃ קשת קשת־ קשת׃ קשתו קשתו׃ קשתותם קשתי קשתך קשתם קשתתיו bakKashet bakKeshet baq·qā·šeṯ baq·qe·šeṯ ḇaq·qe·šeṯ baqqāšeṯ baqqešeṯ ḇaqqešeṯ ḇə·qaš·te·ḵā ḇə·qaš·tî bə·qe·šeṯ beKeshet ḇəqašteḵā ḇəqaštî bəqešeṯ hakKeshet haq·qe·šeṯ haqqešeṯ Kashet kashshetoTam kashshetoTav kashTam kashteCha kashTi kashTo kə·qe·šeṯ keKeshet kəqešeṯ Keshet mikKeshet miq·qe·šeṯ miqqešeṯ qā·šeṯ qaš·šə·ṯō·ṯāw qaš·šə·ṯō·w·ṯām qaš·tām qaš·te·ḵā qaš·tə·ḵā qaš·tî qaš·tōw qāšeṯ qaššəṯōṯāw qaššəṯōwṯām qaštām qašteḵā qaštəḵā qaštî qaštōw qe·šeṯ qe·šeṯ- qešeṯ qešeṯ- ū·ḇaq·qe·šeṯ ū·ḇə·qaš·tə·ḵā ū·ḇə·qaš·tî ū·qə·šā·ṯō·wṯ ūḇaqqešeṯ ūḇəqaštəḵā ūḇəqaštî ukeshaTot ūqəšāṯōwṯ uvakKeshet uvekashteCha uvekashTi vakKeshet vehakkeshaTot vekashshetoTam vekashshetoteiHem vekashTecha vekashTi veKeshet wə·haq·qə·šā·ṯō·wṯ wə·qaš·šə·ṯō·ṯê·hem wə·qaš·šə·ṯō·w·ṯām wə·qaš·te·ḵā wə·qaš·tî wə·qe·šeṯ wəhaqqəšāṯōwṯ wəqaššəṯōṯêhem wəqaššəṯōwṯām wəqašteḵā wəqaštî wəqešeṯ