חָדַד (cha.dad) means “be sharp” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-dad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָדַד · cha.dad · be sharp
1) to be sharp, be alert, be keen 1a) (Qal) to be sharp, be keen 1b) (Hiphil) to sharpen 1c) (Hophal) to be sharpened Also means: cha.dah (חָדַה "to sharpen" H2300B)
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חָדַה · cha.dah · to sharpen
1) to be or to grow sharp 1a) (Qal) to grow sharp 1b) (Hiphil) to sharpen
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a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
KJV glosses: be fierce, sharpen.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sharpens | 2 |
| fiercer | 1 |
| is sharpened | 1 |
| it is sharpened | 1 |
| sharpened | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is sharpened | 2 |
| sharpeneth | 2 |
| and are more fierce | 1 |
| it is sharpened | 1 |
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As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Read word by word“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.14
it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.15
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.16
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
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