Quick Definition
to sharpen
Strong's Definition
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
TWOT Reference: 2422
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁנַן (sha.nan) — to sharpen. 1) to sharpen, whet 1a) (Qal) to whet, sharpen 1b) (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively) 1c)(Hithpolel) to be pierced
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֵׁן · שְׁנִינָה
Shape | verb qal
to sharpen, to whet = causative action by which humans use an iron tool to cause an object to have a thin cutting edge, ► in order to make it useful and effective as a tool; ≈ usually associated with aggression
DEU 32:41 · PSA 45:6 · PSA 64:4 · PSA 120:4 · PSA 140:4 · PRO 25:18 · ISA 5:28
Impact | verb hit
to be pierced, to be pricked literally: sharpened; hence: = process by which part of the human body is pierced by a sharp object; ≈ used figuratively to denote an experience of anger and bitterness
Know | verb pi
to impress, to teach with diligence literally: to pierce (someone with knowledge); hence: = causative action by which humans impart knowledge onto other humans with diligence
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁנַן] vb. whet, sharpen Qal whet, sharpen
Pi. teach the words incisively
Hithpō‛. in my kidneys I was pierced
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