קֶשֶׁת
qesheth · keh'-sheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7185 (קָשָׁה) in the original sense (of H6983 (קוֹשׁ)) of bending;
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֶשֶׁת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
76 occurrences · 76 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the bow12 · 22%
- bow6 · 11%
- his bow4 · 7%
- and the bow2 · 4%
- the bows2 · 4%
- and the archers2 · 4%
- so that a bow2 · 4%
- a bow2 · 4%
- with bow2 · 4%
- bows2 · 4%
- and their bows2 · 4%
- their bow2 · 4%
- of the bow2 · 4%
- thy bow2 · 4%
- my bow1 · 2%
- that the bow1 · 2%
- as it were a bowshot1 · 2%
- and thy bow1 · 2%
- and with my bow1 · 2%
- but his bow1 · 2%
- nor with thy bow1 · 2%
- and to his bow1 · 2%
- of the archers1 · 2%
- the use of the bow1 · 2%
- and with thy bow1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.