{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_EDO_QOS", "Qos", null, "Edomite", "National deity", "Thunder Deity", "thunderstorm; national sovereignty; war; divine bow; Edom", null, null, null, "B", null, null, null, null, null, "National deity of Edom; also spelled Qaus, Qoze, Q\u00f4s. The name does not appear as a divine name in the canonical Hebrew Bible \u2014 its divine status is inferred from Edomite personal names recovered from Iron Age II and Persian-period inscriptions: Qos-gabr (\"Qos is mighty,\" Edomite king named in Assyrian annals of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, 7th c. BCE), Qos-malk, Qos-yada, and dozens of others found at Buseirah (biblical Bozrah), Umm el-Biyara, Horvat Qitmit, and En Hazeva. The onomastic pattern is the same as Milkom-theophoric names for Ammon and Kemosh-theophoric for Moab: the national deity name embedded in royal and elite personal names signals the deity's supreme status. Qos is generally classified as a thunderstorm deity \u2014 the name may connect to the Semitic root *qws (to shoot a bow), suggesting a warrior-archer aspect; alternatively related to Quzah, the pre-Islamic Arabian storm deity. The Horvat Qitmit Edomite sanctuary (7th\u20136th c. BCE; Beit Arieh 1995) provides archaeological evidence of Edomite cult practice without naming Qos directly. Bartlett (1989) pp. 199-205; DDD Bible, \"Qaus\" entry.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_EDO_QOS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 8.89207499949407, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}