1. bow (weapon) — A bow used as a weapon for shooting arrows, whether in warfare or hunting, including all grammatical inflections (possessive suffixes, prepositions, conjunctions, plurals). 72×
AR["القَوْس","القَوْسَ","الْقَوْسَ","الْقَوْسِ","قَوسٍ","قَوْسًا","قَوْسٌ","قَوْسٍ"]·ben["-ধনুকের","তীরের","ধনু","ধনুক","ধনুকের","ধনুর"]·DE["Bogen","der-Bogen"]·EN["bow","the-bow"]·FR["arc","le-arc"]·heb["קשת"]·HI["केशेत","धनुष","धनुष-का"]·ID["Busur","busur","panah"]·IT["arco","il-arco"]·jav["Panah","gandhewa","gandhèwa","gandhéwa","panah"]·KO["활","활-을","활과","활을","활의"]·PT["Arco","arco","de-arco","do-arco","o-arco"]·RU["Лук","из-лука","лук","лука","луком","луку"]·ES["Arco","arco"]·SW["Upinde","upinde"]·TR["yay","yayiin","yayı","yayın"]·urd["کمان","کمان-کے"]
Gen 49:24, 1 Sam 2:4, 1 Sam 18:4, 1 Sam 31:3, 2 Sam 1:18, 2 Sam 1:22, 2 Sam 22:35, 2 Kgs 9:24, 2 Kgs 13:15, 2 Kgs 13:15, 1 Chr 5:18, 1 Chr 8:40 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. rainbow (bow in sky) — The rainbow, God's bow set in the clouds as a sign of covenant (Genesis 9:13-16), distinguished by multilingual translations using 'rainbow' rather than 'weapon bow'. 4×
AR["الـ-قَوْسِ","الْ-قَوْسُ","قَوْسِي"]·ben["-ধনুকের","আমার-ধনুক","রংধনু"]·DE["Bogen","der-Bogen","meinen-Bogen"]·EN["my-bow","the-bow"]·FR["arc","le-arc","mon-arc"]·heb["ה-קשת","קשת-י"]·HI["ते-धनुष","धनुस","मेरी-धनुस"]·ID["busur-Ku","pelangi"]·IT["il-arco","mio-arco"]·jav["gandewa-Kula","ing-kluwung","kluwung-punika"]·KO["그-무지개-가","그-무지개의","나의-무지개"]·PT["arco-Meu","o-arco"]·RU["радуга","радуги","радугу-Мою"]·ES["el-arco","mi-arco"]·SW["upinde-wa-mvua","upinde-wangu-wa-mvua"]·TR["-gökkuşağı","gökkuşağımı","görünüşü"]·urd["دھنک-کی","قوسِ-قزح","قوسِ-قزح-اپنی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קֶ֫שֶׁת n.f. Gn 9:14 (appar. m. 2 S 1:22 but v. AlbrZAW xvi (1896) 91) bow (orig. √ perhaps קושׁ, meaning unknown; NH id.; Assyrian ḳaštu; Ethiopic ቀስት: Arabic قَوْسٌ, pl. قُسِىٌّ, قِسِىٌّ, etc.; 𝔗 קַשְׁתָּא and (ט for ת after ק) קוּשְׁטָא (rare), all bow, קַשָּׁתָא bowman; Syriac ܩܶܫܬܳܐ bow, ܩܰܫܳܬܳܐ bowman; Old Aramaic קשת bow, Mand. כשטא (Frä 206); Palm. קשטא bowman);—abs. ק׳ Ho 1:7 +,…