קֶשֶׁת qesheth

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).

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

Where it is used

• 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.
• Genesis 9:14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
• 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.”
• 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 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 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,
• 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.
• 1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
• 1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
• 1 Samuel 31:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
• 2 Samuel 1:18 and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
• 2 Samuel 1:22 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.
• 2 Samuel 22:35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• 1 Kings 22:34 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!”
• 2 Kings 6:22 “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.”
• 2 Kings 9:24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
• 2 Kings 13:15 Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
• 2 Kings 13:16 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.
• 1 Chronicles 5:18 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.
• 1 Chronicles 8:40 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.
• 1 Chronicles 10:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
• 1 Chronicles 12:2 they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
• 2 Chronicles 14:8 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.
• 2 Chronicles 17:17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
• 2 Chronicles 18:33 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!”
• 2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
• Nehemiah 4:13 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.
• Nehemiah 4:16 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
• Job 20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
• Job 29:20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
• Job 41:28 No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
• Psalms 7:12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
• Psalms 11:2 For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
• Psalms 18:34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• Psalms 37:14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
• Psalms 37:15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
• Psalms 44:6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
• Psalms 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
• Psalms 76:3 There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
• Psalms 78:9 The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
• Psalms 78:57 They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
• Isaiah 5:28 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.
• Isaiah 7:24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
• Isaiah 13:18 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.
• Isaiah 21:15 For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
• Isaiah 21:17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
• Isaiah 22:3 All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
• Isaiah 41:2 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.
• Isaiah 66:19 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.
• Jeremiah 4:29 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.
• Jeremiah 6:23 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.”
• Jeremiah 9:3 “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.
• Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
• Jeremiah 49:35 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
• Jeremiah 50:14 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.
• Jeremiah 50:29 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.
• Jeremiah 50:42 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.
• Jeremiah 51:3 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!
• Jeremiah 51:56 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.