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Hebrew word study

קֶשֶׁתqesheth — a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the…

Pronounced “keh'-sheth”

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

Translated in the King James as: arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).

Appears 76 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Genesis — 7×

Genesis 9:13 Genesis 9:14 Genesis 9:16 Genesis 21:16 Genesis 27:3 Genesis 48:22 Genesis 49:24

Joshua — 1×

1 Samuel — 3×

1 Sam 2:4 1 Sam 18:4 1 Sam 31:3

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 1:18 2 Sam 1:22 2 Sam 22:35

1 Kings — 1×

2 Kings — 5×

2 Ki 6:22 2 Ki 9:24 2 Ki 13:15 2 Ki 13:16+ 1 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 5×

1 Chr 5:18 1 Chr 8:40 1 Chr 10:3 1 Chr 12:2+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 4×

2 Chr 14:8 2 Chr 17:17 2 Chr 18:33 2 Chr 26:14

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 4:13 Nehemiah 4:16

Job — 3×

Job 20:24 Job 29:20 Job 41:28

Psalms — 10×

Psalms 7:12 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 18:34 Psalms 37:14 Psalms 37:15 Psalms 44:6 Psalms 46:9 Psalms 76:3 Psalms 78:9 Psalms 78:57

Isaiah — 8×

Isaiah 5:28 Isaiah 7:24 Isaiah 13:18 Isaiah 21:15 Isaiah 21:17 Isaiah 22:3 Isaiah 41:2 Isaiah 66:19

Jeremiah — 10×

Jeremiah 4:29 Jeremiah 6:23 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 46:9 Jeremiah 49:35 Jeremiah 50:14 Jeremiah 50:29 Jeremiah 50:42 Jeremiah 51:3 Jeremiah 51:56

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 2:4 Lam 3:12

Ezekiel — 3×

Ezekiel 1:28 Ezekiel 39:3 Ezekiel 39:9

Hosea — 4×

Hosea 1:5 Hosea 1:7 Hosea 2:18 Hosea 7:16

Amos — 1×

Habakkuk — 1×

Zechariah — 3×

Zech 9:10 Zech 9:13 Zech 10:4

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.