shanan · repeat, sharpen

What it means

shanan (שָׁנַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “repeat, sharpen”.

Repeat, impress: say something again and again so that it stays fixed; in its first sense, sharpen.

How to say it

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

1. To hone a sword, arrows, or the tongue.
2. To say something over and over to teach it well.
3. Feel a sharp pain inside.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Sharp ×4
• I felt pangs ×1
• I sharpen ×1
• They sharpen ×1
• You shall repeat them ×1
• have sharpened ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×2
• Psalms×5
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1

• Deuteronomy 6:7

  You shall repeat them to your children and talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise.

• Deuteronomy 32:41

  if I sharpen the lightning of my sword and my hand takes hold of judgment, I will return vengeance to my adversaries and repay those who hate me.

• Psalms 45:5

  Your arrows are sharp; peoples will fall under you; in the heart of the enemies of the king.

• Psalms 64:3

  who have sharpened like a sword their tongue; they have drawn their arrow, a bitter word,

• Psalms 73:21

  When my heart grew sour and in my kidneys I felt pangs,

• Psalms 120:4

  Sharp arrows of a warrior, with coals of broom.

• Psalms 140:3

  They sharpen their tongue like a serpent; the venom of an asp is under their lips. Selah.

• Proverbs 25:18

  A club and a sword and a sharp arrow is a man who answers against his neighbor as a false witness.

• Isaiah 5:28

  Whose arrows are sharp, and all its bows bent; the hooves of its horses are counted like flint, and its wheels like the whirlwind.