Strong's Lexicon

H827

H827 — אַשׁפָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewashpahnoun femOccurrences: 6TWOT: 182a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H827
Word:אַשׁפָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:perhaps (feminine) from the same as H825 (in the sense of covering)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:ashpah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ash-paw'
Meaning:1. a quiver or arrow-case
KJV Renderings:quiver.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB829

אַשְׁפָּה noun feminine quiver for arrows (Assyrian išpatu DlK 29) ׳ א literal as part of warlike equipment Job 39:23; Isa 22:6 figurative in simile of sons of one's youth as arrows (weapons which the father may wield) Ps 127:5 אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אֶתאַֿשְׁפָּתוֺ מֵהֶם the happiness of the man that hath filled his quiver with them ! of Yahweh's quiver, in metaphor of prophet as arrow of ׳ י Isa 49:2 וַיְשִׂימֵנִי לְחַץ בָּרוּר בְּאַשְׁפָּתוֺ הִסְתִּירָ֑נִי and he made me into a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me; also of quiver in which ׳ י has his arrows of chastisement, בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתוֺ, i.e. his arrows Lam 3:13 (|| חֵץ Lam 3:12).


BDB8944

אַשְׁפּה quiver, see under the word, p.80.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אַשְָּה (ash-pah’)

Job 39:23

KJV: The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
EHCC: The quiver rattleth against him,

Job 49:2

EHCC: in his quiver hath he hid me;

Jeremiah 5:16

KJV: Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
EHCC: Their quiver (is) 23 an open sepulchre,

Lamentations 3:13

KJV: He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.arrows: Heb. sons
EHCC: He hath caused the arrows of hie quiver
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