Quiver
אַשְׁפָּהStrong’s H0827ashpah (ash-pah)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashpah is the Hebrew word usually translated “quiver”, “quiver his” and “quiver its”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.”
Meaning
- Quiver (for arrows)of home, of God's instruments (fig.)
How it's translated
- a quiver 2
- quiver his 2
- in quiver his 1
- quiver its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Lamentations 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 127:5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
- Isaiah 22:6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
- Isaiah 49:2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
- Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
- Lamentations 3:13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Hebrew dictionary
אַשְׁפָּה ashpah · quiver
1) quiver (for arrows) 1a) of home, of God's instruments (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quiver” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUIV'ER, noun
All definitions and other forms of “quiver”
QUIV'ER, adjective
Nimble; active. [Not in use.]
QUIV'ER, verb intransitive
- To shake or tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
- To play or be agitated with a tremulous motion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.