Strong's Hebrew · H7198

קֶשֶׁת

qesheth · keh'-sheth

[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).

Definition

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

Derivation

from H7185 (קָשָׁה) in the original sense (of H6983 (קוֹשׁ)) of bending;

Appears 76 times in Scripture

Genesis 9:16

And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

Zechariah 10:4

The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

Genesis 21:16

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Genesis 27:3

Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

Genesis 49:24

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Genesis 48:22

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Genesis 9:14

Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

Joshua 24:12

I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

Genesis 9:13

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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