H7198. qesheth
קֶ֫שֶׁת noun feminine[Gen 9:14] (apparently masculine [2Sam 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 [Jer 46:9] +; constructקֶ֫שֶׁת [Hosea 1:5] +; suffix קַשְׁתִּי [Gen 48:22] + ,etc.; plural absolute קְשָׁתוֺת[2Chr 26:14] +; suffix קַשְּׁתֹתָיו (Ges§ 20h) [Isa 5:28], קַשְּׁתוֺתָם [Jer 51:56]; [Psa 37:15], קַשְּׁתֹתֵיהֶם [Neh 4:7] (קַשְׁתֹּתָיו etc., van d. H. [except [Psa 37:15]]); —
1 bow:
a. for hunting [Gen 27:3] (J; + תְּלְי)
b. battle: + (or ||) חֶרֶב [Gen 48:22]; [Josh 24:12] (both E), [Hosea 1:7]; [2:20]; [1Sam 18:4] (+ חְַגֹרוֺ), [2Sam 1:22]; [2Kin 6:22]; [Isa 41:2]; [Neh 4:7] (+ רָמְחֵיהֶם), [Zech 9:13] (figurative of Judah as ׳יs bow), [Psa 37:15] (figurative) [44:7] (+ or || חֶרֶב also below) ;+ (or ||) חִצִּים [Isa 7:24]; [2Kin 13:15] (twice in verse); [Ezek 39:3], [9]; [1Chr 12:2]a; compare ק ׳רִשְׁפֵי [Psa 76:4] = arrow (+ וְחֶרֶב מָנֵן) so ק ׳בֶּן [Job 41:20] (compare [Lam 3:13]; [Job 5:7]); + חֲנִית [Psa 46:10], + כִּידוֺן [Jer 6:23]; [50:42]; + varius weapons [Neh 4:10]; [2Chr 26:14]; alone [Isa 13:18] (context corrupt), [22:3]; [Jer 51:56]; [Hab 3:9] (of ׳י as warrior); ׳ק מִלְחָמָה [Zech 9:10]; [10:4]; in simile ׳כְּק רְמִיָּה like a bow of deception [Hosea 7:16]; [Psa 78:57] (i.e. one that misses its aim; al. slack bow).
c. ׳ק collective = bow (-men), archers [Isa 21:17].
d. phrases are: בַּקּ אֲנָשִׁים ׳הַמּרִים [1Sam 31:3] archers, bowmen (but dubious; Dr Kit Löhr translates, ׳א ׳הַמּ; We Bu strike out ׳א as || [1Chr 10:3]; HPS Now strike out ׳א ׳בַּקּ), בַּקּ ׳הַמּוֺרִים [10:3]; ק ׳מְטַחֲוֵי [Gen 21:16] (see [טָתָה], ק ׳רמֵה [Jer 4:29], compare perhaps [Gen 21:21] see קִשָּׁת, || ק ׳נשְׁקֵי (see II.נָשַׁק) [1Chr 12:2]b [2Chr 17:17], ׳נוֺ ק ׳רוֺמֵי [Psa 78:9]; הַקּ ׳תֹּפֵשׁ [Amos 2:15] one grasping the bow, (see [Jer 46:9] below) see also בַקּ יָדוֺ ׳מִלֵּא [2Kin 9:24], עַלהַֿקּ יָֽדְךָ ׳הַרְכֵּב [13:16]; ק ׳דָּרַח bend (literally tread) the bow, [Isa 5:28] (participle passive), [21:15] (id.; || חֶרֶב) [Jer 50:14], [29]; [51:3]; [1Chr 5:18]; [8:40]; [2Chr 14:7]; [Psa 37:14] (|| חֶרֶב), in figure [11:2] (|| חֵץ), and, of God, [Lam 2:4]; [3:12]; [Psa 7:13] (|| הֶרֶב); ק דֹּרְכֵי ׳תֹּפְשֵׂי [Jer 46:9]; compare(figurative) קַשְׁתָּם אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם וַיַּדְרְכוֺ [9:2]; also ׳ק וְנִחֲתָה נְחוּשָׁה [Psa 18:35] = [2Sam 22:35] (readוְנִחֲתָה for וְנִחַת) בַּקּ ׳מָשַׁחdraw the bow [1Kin 22:34] [2Chr 18:33]; [Isa 66:19].
e. bow (passing over into) figurative of might [Gen 49:24] (poem), [1Sam 2:4]; [Hosea 1:5]; [Jer 49:35]; [Job 29:20] (compare [Psa 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 [Ezek 1:28]; [Gen 9:13-14], [16] (P). — בְּנֵייְֿהוּדָה לְלַמֵּד וַיּאֹמֶר קָ֑שֶׁה [2Sam 1:18] is corrupt; ᵐ5 al. omits; We Now think misplaced gloss on [1:6]; see further HPS.
קֶשֶׁת
原文音譯：tv,q, keh’-sheth
詞類次數：名詞（78）
原文字根：堅硬；相當於G5115（τόξον）
字義溯源：弓箭，弓箭手，射箭，箭，弓歌，弓，虹。出自（H7185（קָשָׁה）*=有艱難，兇猛，剛硬）
出現次數：總共（76）；創（7）；書（1）；撒上（3）；撒下（3）；王上（1）；王下（5）；代上（5）；代下（4）；尼（2）；伯（3）；詩（10）；賽（8）；耶（10）；哀（2）；結（3）；何（4）；摩（1）；哈（1）；亞（3）
譯字彙編：
1）弓（19）[創48:22]；[撒下22:35]；[王下6:22]；[王下13:15]；[王下13:15]；[代下26:14]；[詩7:12]；[詩11:2]；[詩18:34]；[詩44:6]；[詩46:9]；[耶6:23]；[耶49:35]；[耶50:42]；[哀3:12]；[結39:9]；[何1:5]；[何2:18]；[亞10:4]；
2）弓箭（8）[代上5:18]；[代上8:40]；[代上12:2]；[代下17:17]；[詩78:9]；[賽21:15]；[耶9:3]；[耶50:29]；
3）箭（5）[創21:16]；[伯41:28]；[哀2:4]；[何1:7]；[亞9:13]；
4）弓的（4）[代下14:8]；[賽66:19]；[耶46:9]；[耶50:14]；
5）（那）弓箭（4）[撒上31:3]；[王上22:34]；[代上10:3]；[代下18:33]；
6）（那）弓（3）[王下9:24]；[王下13:16]；[賽7:24]；
7）你的弓（3）[書24:12]；[結39:3]；[哈3:9]；
8）他們的弓（3）[詩37:14]；[詩37:15]；[賽5:28]；
9）的弓（3）[詩78:57]；[何7:16]；[亞9:10]；
10）的弓箭（2）[撒下1:22]；[伯20:24]；
11）虹（2）[創9:13]；[創9:16]；
12）他的弓（2）[撒上18:4]；[賽41:2]；
13）弓箭手（2）[賽21:17]；[賽22:3]；
14）和弓箭（2）[創27:3]；[耶4:29]；
15）他們必用弓（1）[賽13:18]；
16）射箭（1）[耶51:3]；
17）（那）弓的（1）[摩2:15]；
18）（那）虹（1）[結1:28]；
19）他們的弓箭（1）[耶51:56]；
20）弓上（1）[詩76:3]；
21）（那）射箭（1）[代上12:2]；
22）但他的弓（1）[創49:24]；
23）那虹（1）[創9:14]；
24）的箭（1）[撒上2:4]；
25）這弓歌（1）[撒下1:18]；
26）（那些）弓箭（1）[尼4:16]；
27）與他們的弓（1）[尼4:13]；
28）我的弓（1）[伯29:20]