To quiver
רָעַלStrong’s H7477raal (ra-al)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Raal is the Hebrew word usually translated “have been made to quiver”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.”
Meaning
- To quiver, shake, reel(Hophal) to be made to quiver or shake
How it's translated
- they have been made to quiver 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nahum 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
רָעַל raal · to quiver
1) to quiver, shake, reel 1a) (Hophal) to be made to quiver or shake
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.