חָדַד
chadad · sharpen
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2300 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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chadad (חָדַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sharpen”.
To sharpen; figuratively, to make keen or fierce.
How to say it
cha·dad
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To put an edge on a blade; of animals, to be more aggressive.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sharpened ×4
- fiercer ×1
- sharpens ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 27:17
Iron with iron is sharpened, and a man sharpens the face of his friend.
- Ezekiel 21:9
“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘Thus says Adonai: Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished.
- Ezekiel 21:10
To slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened; so that it may have lightning it is polished. Or shall we rejoice? The scepter of my son despises every tree.
- Ezekiel 21:11
And he gave it to polish, to grasp it with the palm; it is sharpened, the sword, and it is polished, to put it into the hand of the killer.
- Habakkuk 1:8
And swifter than leopards are its horses, and fiercer than wolves of the evening; and its horsemen gallop, and its horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle hastening to devour.
And 1 more times.