Strong's Hebrew #2300 - חָדַד chadad (to be sharp)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be fierce, sharpen A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe -- be fierce, sharpen. Englishman's Concordance 1) to be sharp, be alert, be keen 1a) (Qal) to be sharp, be keen 1b) (Hiphil) to sharpen 1c) (Hophal) to be sharpened Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 605 Brown-Driver-Briggs [חָדַד] verb be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; Late Hebrew חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic  be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian Pi`el uddudu, sharpen, DlPr 174, W 121) — Qal Perfect וְחַדּ֫וּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב consecutive Habakkuk 1:8 are keener than evening wolves (of impetuous Chaldean horses). Hiph`il הֵחֵד (Che Or Brd) or יַחֵד (Näg compare Dr§ 123 a, R), insert Isaiah 44:12 after ᵐ5 ᵑ6: the smith sharpeneth an axe. Hoph`al Perfect3feminine singular הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:15; Ezekiel 21:16 be sharpened (in all, subject חֶרֶב). — See also 1. חדה. I. [חָדָה] verb be or grow sharp; — Qal grow sharp, Imperfect with apocope = jussive יָ֑חַד Proverbs 27:17 a; Hiph`il sharpen (figurative), Imperfect apoc. יַ֫חַד Proverbs 27:17 b; בַּרְזֶל בְּבֶרְזֶל יָ֑חַד וְאִישׁ יַחְד מְּנֵירֵֿעֵהוּ let iron by means of iron grow sharp, and let a man sharpen the countenance (presence, bearing) of his friend; — so KiMichl. 126 a De Now KöLgb i, 373 f., compare Str. (who however makes both forms Hiph`il) Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 2300. חָדַד (chadad) — 6 OccurrencesProverbs 27:17 Proverbs 27:17 Ezekiel 21:9 Ezekiel 21:10 Ezekiel 21:11 Habakkuk 1:8 |