TBESH · H7198
קֶ֫שֶׁת · qe.shet · bow
1) bow 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow
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קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) means “bow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: keh'-sheth Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
קֶ֫שֶׁת · qe.shet · bow
1) bow 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow
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from H7185 (קָשָׁה) in the original sense (of H6983 (קוֹשׁ)) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV glosses: [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the bow | 14 |
| his bow | 9 |
| bow | 5 |
| a bow | 4 |
| their bows | 3 |
| and bow | 2 |
| and their bows | 2 |
| arrow | 2 |
| bows | 2 |
| or bow | 2 |
| the bows | 2 |
| and bows | 1 |
| and my bow | 1 |
| and the bow | 1 |
| and the rainbow | 1 |
| and whenever the rainbow | 1 |
| archers | 1 |
| as my bow | 1 |
| by bow | 1 |
| in my bow | 1 |
| like bows | 1 |
| my rainbow | 1 |
| of a rainbow | 1 |
| the song of the bow | 1 |
| with bow | 1 |
| with bows | 1 |
| with his bow | 1 |
| without a bow | 1 |
| your bow | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the bow | 14 |
| bow | 7 |
| his bow | 4 |
| bows | 3 |
| a bow | 2 |
| and the archers | 2 |
| and their bows | 2 |
| of the bow | 2 |
| so that a bow | 2 |
| the bows | 2 |
| their bow | 2 |
| thy bow | 2 |
| with bow | 2 |
| and all their bows | 1 |
| and bowmen | 1 |
| and bows | 1 |
| and my bow | 1 |
| and the bow | 1 |
| and the bows | 1 |
| and thy bow | 1 |
| and to his bow | 1 |
| and with bows | 1 |
| and with my bow | 1 |
| and with thy bow | 1 |
| archers | 1 |
| as it were a bowshot | 1 |
| but his bow | 1 |
| by the archers | 1 |
| drew a bow | 1 |
| every one of their bows | 1 |
| in my bow | 1 |
| my bow | 1 |
| nor with thy bow | 1 |
| of archers | 1 |
| of the archers | 1 |
| on bow | 1 |
| out of a bow | 1 |
| that the bow | 1 |
| the arrow | 1 |
| them by bow | 1 |
| to his bow | 1 |
| unto him bow | 1 |
| upon the bow | 1 |
| with bows | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 74 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.
Read word by wordThey 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.”
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.2
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
Read word by wordLine up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
Read word by wordSummon 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordDo not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordHe bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThen I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordAnd on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Read word by wordYet 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.”
Read word by wordOn 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 battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.20
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.
Read word by wordThe archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
Read word by wordYou brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordThe cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
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