la.tash H3913

לָטַשׁ (la.tash) means “to sharpen” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לָטַשׁ Hebrew · H3913 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: law-tash' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3913

לָטַשׁ · la.tash · to sharpen

1) to sharpen, hammer, whet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hammer 1a2) to sharpen (sword) 1a3) hammerer (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be sharpened

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen

KJV glosses: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

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How translators render H3913

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
a forger	1
god will sharpen	1
like a sharpened	1
pierces	1
to sharpen	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
an instructer	1
like a sharp	1
not he will whet	1
sharpeneth	1
to sharpen	1

Verses containing H3913

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Genesis 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
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1 Samuel 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
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Job 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
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Psalms 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
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Source alternate reference: 7.13
Psalms 52:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
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Source alternate reference: 52.4

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