Easton's Bible Dictionary The sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Psalm 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. Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Nimble; active. 2. (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. 3. (n.) The act or state of quivering; a tremor. 4. (n.) A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
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