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QUIVER

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Smith's Bible Dictionary (1896)

quiver-1Quiver, Two distinct Hebrew terms are represented by this word in the A.V.

(1.) Thĕli. This occurs only in Genesis 27:3. It is derived from a root which has the force of hanging. The passage itself affords no clue to its meaning. It may therefore signify either a quiver or a suspended weapon — for instance, such a sword as in our own language was formerly called a "hanger."

(2.) Ashpâh. The root of this word is uncertain. It is connected with arrows only in Lamentations 3:13. Its other occurrences are Job 39:23, Isaiah 22:6, and Jeremiah 5:16. In each of these, the LXX. translate it by "quiver," with two exceptions, Job 39:23 and Psalms 127:5. As to the thing itself, there is nothing in the Bible to indicate either its form or material, or in what way it was carried.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor - 1915

QUIVER:
kwiv'-er (ashpah, teli; pharetra (Sirach 26:12)): A case or sheath for carrying arrows, a part of the ordinary equipment of the warrior, both foot-soldier and charioteer (Job 39:23; Isaiah 22:6), and also of the huntsman (Genesis 27:3). Figuratively of a group in passages where children (Psalms 127:5) or prophets of Yahweh (Isaiah 49:2) are spoken of as arrows. Arrows are called bene 'ashpah, "sons of the quiver" (Lamentations 3:13). By identifying the arrows with the death they produce, the quiver is likened to an open grave (Jeremiah 5:16).

Easton Bible Dictionary
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., published by Thomas Nelson, 1897.

QUIVER:
the sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Psalms 127:5; Isaiah 22:6; 49:2; Jeremiah 5:16; Lamentations 3:13. In Genesis 27:3 this word is the rendering of the Hebrew _teli_, which is supposed rather to mean a suspended weapon, literally "that which hangs from one", i.e., is suspended from the shoulder or girdle.

QUIVER:

-For arrows
    Genesis 27:3; Isaiah 22:6

QUIVERS:
Genesis 27:3; Job 39:23; Psalms 127:5; Isaiah 49:2

The Union Bible Dictionary
American Sunday-School Union - 1855 edition.

QUIVER, (Psalms cxxvii. 5.) The box or case for arrows. The word is often used figuratively. (Isaiah xlix. 2; Lamentations iii. 2.) In Jeremiah v. 16. the slaughter and deeolation which should be brought upon the Israelites by the invasion of the Chaldeans, is expressed by calling their quivers an open sepulchre, or their arrows certain death. (See Armour.)