qešet קֶ֫שֶׁת ‘bow’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from qāšā קָשָׁה ‘to harden’ in the original sense of bending (of qūš קוּשׁ ‘to lure’)
Roots:
קשׁה
קושׁ
qešet n, f
1) bow
1a) bow (for hunting, battle)
1b) bowmen, archers
1c) bow (fig. of might)
1d) rainbow
Mentioned in Genesis 49:24, 9:13, 48:22, 21:16, 9:16, 9:14, 27:3 Joshua 24:12 1 Samuel 2:4, 31:3, 18:4 2 Samuel 1:22, 1:18, 22:35 1 Kings 22:34 2 Kings 6:22, 13:15, 13:16, 9:24 Isaiah 66:19, 21:17, 22:3, 7:24, 5:28, 13:18, 41:2, 21:15 Jeremiah 4:29, 6:23, 50:42, 50:14, 50:29, 51:3, 51:56, 9:2, 49:35, 46:9 Ezekiel 39:9, 1:28, 39:3 Hosea 2:20, 1:7, 7:16, 1:5 Amos 2:15 Habakkuk 3:9 Zechariah 9:10, 9:13, 10:4 Psalms 78:57, 37:14, 7:13, 11:2, 78:9, 46:10, 37:15, 44:7, 18:35, 76:4 Job 41:20, 20:24, 29:20 Lamentations 2:4, 3:12 Nehemiah 4:7, 4:10 1 Chronicles 12:2, 8:40, 5:18, 10:3 2 Chronicles 26:14, 18:33, 14:7, 17:17