Lexical Summary qesheth: a bow Original Word: קֶשֶׁתTransliteration: qesheth Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-sheth) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a bow Meaning: a bow, for, shooting, the iris Strong's Concordance archer, arrow, bowman, From qashah in the original sense (of qowsh) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris -- X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)). see HEBREW qashah see HEBREW qowsh Brown-Driver-Briggs H7198. qesheth 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 ‡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 קְשָׁתוֺת2 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; 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 ׳יs bow), Psalm 37:15 (figurative) 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 ק ׳רִשְׁפֵי Psalm 76:4 = arrow (+ וְחֶרֶב מָנֵן) so ק ׳בֶּן Job 41:20 (compare Lamentations 3:13; Job 5:7); + חֲנִית Psalm 46:10, + כִּידוֺן Jeremiah 6:23; 50:42; + varius weapons Nehemiah 4:10; 2 Chronicles 26:14; alone Isaiah 13:18 (context corrupt), 22:3; Jeremiah 51:56; Habakkuk 3:9 (of ׳י as warrior); ׳ק מִלְחָמָה Zechariah 9:10; 10:4; in simile ׳כְּק רְמִיָּה 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: בַּקּ אֲנָשִׁים ׳הַמּרִים 1 Samuel 31:3 archers, bowmen (but dubious; Dr Kit Löhr translates, ׳א ׳הַמּ; We Bu strike out ׳א as "" 1 Chronicles 10:3; HPS Now strike out ׳א ׳בַּקּ), בַּקּ ׳הַמּוֺרִים 10:3; ק ׳מְטַחֲוֵי Genesis 21:16 (see [טָתָה], ק ׳רמֵה Jeremiah 4:29, compare perhaps Genesis 21:21 see קִשָּׁת, "" ק ׳נשְׁקֵי (see II.נָשַׁק) 1 Chronicles 12:2b 2 Chronicles 17:17, ׳נוֺ ק ׳רוֺמֵי Psalm 78:9; הַקּ ׳תֹּפֵשׁ Amos 2:15 one grasping the bow, (see Jeremiah 46:9 below) see also בַקּ יָדוֺ ׳מִלֵּא 2 Kings 9:24, עַלהַֿקּ יָֽדְךָ ׳הַרְכֵּב 13:16; ק ׳דָּרַח bend (literally tread) the bow, Isaiah 5:28 (participle passive), 21:15 (id.; "" חֶרֶב) Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 51:3; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:7; Psalm 37:14 ("" חֶרֶב), in figure 11:2 ("" חֵץ), and, of God, Lamentations 2:4; 3:12; Psalm 7:13 ("" הֶרֶב); ק דֹּרְכֵי ׳תֹּפְשֵׂי Jeremiah 46:9; compare(figurative) קַשְׁתָּם אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם וַיַּדְרְכוֺ 9:2; also ׳ק וְנִחֲתָה נְחוּשָׁה Psalm 18:35 = 2 Samuel 22:35 (readוְנִחֲתָה for וְנִחַת) בַּקּ ׳מָשַׁחdraw 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 ׳ק נְחוּשָׁה fig of divine judgment Job 20:24 ("" בַּרְזֶל נֵשֶׁק) 2 rainbow: הַקּ ׳כְּמַרְאֵה הַנֶּשֶׁם בְּיוֺם בֶעָנָן יִהְיֶה אֲשַׁר Ezekiel 1:28; Genesis 9:13-14, 16 (P). — בְּנֵייְֿהוּדָה לְלַמֵּד וַיּאֹמֶר קָ֑שֶׁה 2 Samuel 1:18 is corrupt; ᵐ5 al. omits; We Now think misplaced gloss on 1:6; see further HPS. |