אַשְׁפָּה
ʼashpâh · ash-paw'
a quiver or arrow-case
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps (feminine) from the same as H825 (אַשָּׁף) (in the sense of covering);
a quiver or arrow-case
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: quiver.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַשְׁפָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the quiver2 · 33%
- that hath his quiver1 · 17%
- in his quiver1 · 17%
- their quiver1 · 17%
- of his quiver1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.