Quick Definition
to sharpen
Strong's Definition
properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
TWOT Reference: 1110
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to sharpen, hammer, whet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to sharpen, hammer, whet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לָטַשׁ
lâṭash
BDB Definition:
1) to sharpen, hammer, whet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1110
Total KJV Occurrences: 5