Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7198
קֶשֶׁת
qeshethkeh'-sheth
bow
76 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7198is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 19 of 39Old Testament books
- 48spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7198
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
The King James renders it: [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qesheth is rendered "bow". It stands 76 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 9:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- The Greek text spells it forty-eight different ways.
The first use
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Genesis 9:13קַשְׁתִּ֕י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nineteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a bow11
- bow his7
- bow6
- of a bow6
- bow of5
- a bow of4
- the bow4
- with the bow4
- and bows2
- and bows their2
- bow your2
- like a bow of2
and 20 more, 76 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 76, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
48 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- קֶ֣שֶׁת10
- קֶ֔שֶׁת4
- קֶ֗שֶׁת4
- קָ֑שֶׁת4
- בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת3
- קֶ֥שֶׁת3
- בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙2
- הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת2
- כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת2
- קֶ֚שֶׁת2
- קֶֽשֶׁת־2
- קַשְׁתּ֔וֹ2
and 36 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular23HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular6HRd/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular3HR/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural2HC/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp2ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
Genesis
seven uses
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- קַשְׁתִּ֕יkashtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bow my
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
- הַקֶּ֖שֶׁתhakeshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bow
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.”
- הַקֶּ֖שֶׁתhakeshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bow
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.
- קֶ֔שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
- וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָvekashtechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and bow your
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.”
- וּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי׃ פuvekashticonjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and by bow my
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,
- קַשְׁתּ֔וֹkashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
Joshua
one use
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.
- בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃vekashtechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: by bow your
1 Samuel
three uses
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
- קֶ֥שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bow of
And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
- קַשְׁתּ֖וֹkashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
- בַּקָּ֑שֶׁתbakashetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the bow
2 Samuel
three uses
and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
- קָ֑שֶׁתkashetnoun · feminine singulartagged: Bow
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
- קֶ֚שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bow of
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- קֶֽשֶׁת־keshet-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a bow of
1 Kings
one use
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
- בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙bakeshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the bow
2 Kings
five uses
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
- וּֽבְקַשְׁתְּךָ֖uvekashtechaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and by bow your
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
- בַקֶּ֗שֶׁתvakeshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the bow
Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
- קֶ֥שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
- הַקֶּ֔שֶׁתhakeshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bow
1 Chronicles
five uses
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
- קֶ֔שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a bow
Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
- קֶ֗שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
- בַּקָּ֑שֶׁתbakashetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the bow
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- קֶ֗שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bow
- בַּקָּ֑שֶׁתbakashetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the bow
2 Chronicles
four uses
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
- קֶ֔שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a bow
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
- קֶ֥שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bow
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
- בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙bakeshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the bow
Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
- וּקְשָׁת֑וֹתukeshatotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and bows
Nehemiah
two uses
So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
- וְקַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶֽם׃vekashetoteihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and bows their
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
- וְהַקְּשָׁת֖וֹתvehakeshatotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the bows
Job
three uses
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a bow of
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
- וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗יvekashticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and bow my
No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
- קָ֑שֶׁתkashetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
Psalms
ten uses
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- קַשְׁתּ֥וֹkashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- קֶ֗שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- קֶֽשֶׁת־keshet-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a bow of
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- קַ֫שְׁתָּ֥םkashtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bow their
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
- וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗םvekashetotamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and bows their
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
- בְקַשְׁתִּ֣יvekashtipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bow my
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bow
There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
- קָ֑שֶׁתkashetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
- קָ֑שֶׁתkashetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
- כְּקֶ֣שֶׁתkekeshetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a bow of
Isaiah
eight uses
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יוkashetotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bows its
Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
- וּבַקֶּ֖שֶׁתuvakeshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with the bow
Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
- וּקְשָׁת֖וֹתukeshatotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and bows
For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
- קֶ֛שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bowmen
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
- מִקֶּ֣שֶׁתmikeshetpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from a bow
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃kashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
- קֶ֖שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a bow
Jeremiah
ten uses
Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
- קֶ֗שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bow
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- קַשְׁתָּ֣םkashtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bow of their
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- קָֽשֶׁת׃kashetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a bow
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bow of
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
- קֶ֔שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a bow
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- קֶ֜שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: of a bow
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: bow
Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
- קַשְׁתּ֔וֹkashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
- קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֑םkashetotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bows their
Lamentations
two uses
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- קַשְׁתּ֜וֹkashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
- קַשְׁתוֹ֙kashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bow his
Ezekiel
three uses
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
- הַקֶּ֡שֶׁתhakeshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the rainbow
Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
- קַשְׁתְּךָ֖kashtechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bow your
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
- בְּקֶ֣שֶׁתbekeshetpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with bow
Hosea
four uses
And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bow of
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- בְּקֶ֤שֶׁתbekeshetpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: by bow
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- וְקֶ֨שֶׁתvekeshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and bow
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
- כְּקֶ֣שֶׁתkekeshetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a bow of
Amos
one use
The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
- הַקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙hakeshetthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the bow
Habakkuk
one use
You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
- קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָkashtechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bow your
Zechariah
three uses
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bow of
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
- קֶ֚שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: a bow
The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
- קֶ֣שֶׁתkeshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a bow of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
