It's almost like they're being told to cut communication with the outside world. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quiverfull women reportedly aren't even allowed to have their own email address without permission.
Quick buck is from 1946, American English. To be quick about something is from 1937. 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.
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.' Those in. 1200).Īs an adverb, "quickly, in a quick manner," from c. The movement, called Quiverfull, is based on Psalm 127, which says, 'Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in ones youth. Also formerly of bright flowers or colors (c. quiver + full, in reference to the Old Testament: As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man so are children of the youth. Children are viewed as unmitigated blessings (As arrows in. Also in Middle English "with child, in an advanced state of pregnancy" (when the woman can feel the child move within). Quiverfull is the idea that truly godly families will trust the Lord with their family planning.
where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., compare quicksand). Perhaps your vision of quiverfull is not Psalm 127, but rather emulating the Duggars, or whatever specific extrabiblical philosophy you have.
Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. How to say quiver in English Pronunciation of quiver with 3 audio pronunciations, 44 synonyms, 5 meanings, 12 translations, 14 sentences and more for. But I joined this subforum because I have a full quiver (in the Psalm 127 sense) and like to share ideas with others who have similar family dynamics. Of an action, process, etc., "done in little time," 1540s. The article focuses on the Quiverfull movement, which began in the 1980s in the United States. Of persons, "mentally active, prompt to perceive or respond to impressions" from late 15c.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. Understand the meaning of Psalms 127:5 using all available Bible versions and commentary. 1300, on notion of "full of life." NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. Middle English quik, from Old English cwic "living, alive, animate, characterized by the presence of life" (now archaic), and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gwei- "to live." Sense of "lively, active, swift, speedy, hasty," developed by c.