Qeshet קֶ֫שֶׁת

Qeshet (Hebrew קֶ֫שֶׁת, Strong's H7198) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “bow”. It occurs 76 times in 74 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Qeshet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 9:13
  I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.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
  And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
• Genesis 9:16
  And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.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
  And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.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
  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
• Genesis 48:22
  Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.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
  But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)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

• Joshua 24:12
  And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.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

• 1 Samuel 2:4
  The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
• 1 Samuel 18:4
  And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.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
  And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:18
  (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)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 turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.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 teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 22:34
  And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.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

• 2 Kings 6:22
  And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.“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
  And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.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
  And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
• 2 Kings 13:16
  And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.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

• 1 Chronicles 5:18
  The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.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
  And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.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.
• 1 Chronicles 10:3
  And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
• 1 Chronicles 12:2
  They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.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

• 2 Chronicles 14:8
  And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.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
  And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
• 2 Chronicles 18:33
  And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.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
  And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 4:13
  Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.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 it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.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

• Job 20:24
  He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
• Job 29:20
  My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
• Job 41:28
  The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:12
  If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
• Psalm 11:2
  For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
• Psalm 18:34
  He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• Psalm 37:14
  The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
• Psalm 37:15
  Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
• Psalm 44:6
  For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
• Psalm 46:9
  He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
• Psalm 76:3
  There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
• Psalm 78:9
  The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
• Psalm 78:57
  But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:28
  Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: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
  With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
• Isaiah 13:18
  Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.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 fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.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
  And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
• Isaiah 22:3
  All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.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 raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his 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.
• Isaiah 66:19
  And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.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

• Jeremiah 4:29
  The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.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 shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.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
  And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.“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
  Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.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
  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
• Jeremiah 50:14
  Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.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
  Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.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 shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.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
  Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.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
  Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.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.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:4
  He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.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.
• Lamentations 3:12
  He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 1:28
  As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.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.
• Ezekiel 39:3
  And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
• Ezekiel 39:9
  And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: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.

Hosea

• Hosea 1:5
  And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
• Hosea 1:7
  But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.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.”
• Hosea 2:18
  And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.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.
• Hosea 7:16
  They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.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.

Amos

• Amos 2:15
  Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:9
  Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 9:10
  And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.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.
• Zechariah 9:13
  When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.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.
• Zechariah 10:4
  Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).