Strong H3913לָטַשׁ
to sharpen
- Transliteration
- lâţash
- Pronunciation
- law-tash'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to hammer out (an {edge}) that {is} to sharpen: - {instructer} sharp ({-en}) whet.
Detailed definition
1) to sharpen, hammer, whet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
In the Bible
Strong H3913 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- instructer1
- sharp1
- sharpen1
- sharpeneth1
- whet1
First verses
- Genesis 4:22And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.
- 1 Samuel 13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
- Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Psalms 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.