![]() ![]() When not in actual use, it was shifted behind, or hung at the side of the chariot, like that of the Assyrians. The quiver was about four inches in diameter, supported by a belt passing over the shoulder and across the breast to the opposite side. drawing out the arrows from beneath the arm (Wilkinson, Anc. ![]() The quivers of the Assyrians warriors, on the other hand, wore them slung nearly horizonltal. There is nothing in the Bible to indicate either its form or material, or in what way it was carried. The quiver is a case or box for arrows, which was slung over the shoulder in such a position that a soldier could with ease draw out the arrows when he wanted them (Isa 49:2 Jer 5:16). translates it by "quiver" (φαρέτρα), with two exceptions, Job 39:23, and Ps 127:5, in the former of which they render it by "bow," in the latter by ἐπιθυμία. Its other occurrences are Job 39:23 Isa 22:6 and Jer 5:16. It is connected with arrows only in La 3:13. From two of its occurrences, its force would seem to be that of containing or concealing (Ps 127:5 Isa 49:2). The root of this word is uncertain (Gesenius, Thesaur. ![]() adhere to the former Onkelos, the Peshito and Arabic versions, to the latter.Ģ. was formerly called a "hanger." Between these two significations the interpreters are divided. It may therefore signify either a quiver or a suspended weapon-for instance, such a sword as in our own language. The passage itself affords no clue to its meaning. ii, 528) from a root which has the force of hanging. This occurs only in Ge 27:3 - "take thy weapons (literally "thy things"), thy quiver and thy bow." It is derived (by Gesenius, Thesaur. The English word "quiver" is a variation of "cover" (from the French couvrir), and therefore answers to the second of the two Hebrew words. ![]()
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