קֶשֶׁת (qešet) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning bow. It appears
76 times
in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7198).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2093)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2093)bow; rainbow; strength, iris; arrow, bowman, bowshot
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קֶ֫שֶׁתnoun, feminine: bow
1.bow
2.rainbow
Strong's H7198קֶשֶׁת: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris KJV:× arch(-er), arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.