חָדַד
Transliteration
ḥāḏaḏ
Pronunciation
khaw-dad'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 605
KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2300 in the following manner: sharpen (5x), fierce (1x).
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to be sharp, be alert, be keen
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(Qal) to be sharp, be keen
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(Hiphil) to sharpen
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(Hophal) to be sharpened
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Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָדַד châdad, khaw-dad'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe:—be fierce, sharpen.
STRONGS H2300:
Abbreviations
† [חָדַד] verb be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; Late Hebrew חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic حَدَّ be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian Pi. 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. הֵחֵד (Che Or Brd) or יַחֵד (Näg compare Dr§ 123 a, R), insert Isaiah 44:12 after
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine 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 27:17a;
Hiph. sharpen (figurative), Imperfect apoc. יַ֫חַד Proverbs 27:17b; פְּנֵי־רֵעֵהוּ יַחַד וְאִישׁ יָ֑חַד בְּבַרְזֶל בַּרְזֶל 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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Proverbs
Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 27:17
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:15; Ezekiel 21:16
Habakkuk
