Dictionaries :: Quiver

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Quiver:

the sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Psa 127:5; Isa 22:6; 49:2; Jer. 5:16; Lam 3:13. In Gen 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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

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; Isa 22:6), and also of the huntsman (Ge 27:3). Figuratively of a group in passages where children (Ps 127:5) or prophets of Yahweh (Isa 49:2) are spoken of as arrows. Arrows are called bene ‘ashpah, "sons of the quiver" (La 3:13). By identifying the arrows with the death they produce, the quiver is likened to an open grave (Jer 5:16).

Nave's Topical Bible

Quiver: For Arrows

Gen 27:3; Isa 22:6

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Quiver:

a box made for the purpose of holding arrows (Genesis 27:3). There is nothing in the Bible to indicate either its form or material, or in what way it was carried.