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hebrew #8150 - שָׁנַן shanan (to whet)


Original Word:שָׁנַן
Transliteration: shanan
Definition:to whet, sharpen
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(shaw-nan')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

prick, sharpen, teach diligently, whet

A primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate -- prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to sharpen, whet
1a) (Qal) to whet, sharpen
1b) (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively)
1c) (Hithpolel) to be pierced
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2422

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁנַן] verbwhet, sharpen (compare Arabic id.; Aramaic שְׁנִינָא, sharp, etc.; Ethiopic [] III, 2, contend, litigate; hence שֵׁןtooth, Late Hebrew id., Assyrian šinnu, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic שִׁנָּא, ); —

Qalwhet, sharpen: Perfect1singular אִם שַׁנּוֺתִ֫י בְּרַק חַרְבִּי (Ges§ 67ee) Deuteronomy 32:41, of ׳יs preparation for judgment; 3 plural (כַחֶרֶב) שָֽׁנְנוּלְשׁוֺנָםPsalm 64:4; Psalm 140:4 of uttering sharp words; Passive participleשְׁנוּנִיםsharpened, of arrows, Isaiah 5:28; Psalm 45:6, figurative of tongue Psalm 120:4, of false witness Proverbs 25:18.

Pi`elPerfect consecutive וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָDeuteronomy 6:7 i.e. teach the words incisively, German 'einschärfen.'

Hithpo`elImperfect1singular Psalm 73:21 in my kidneys אֶשְׁתּוֺנָ֑ןI was pierced (of poignant envy).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8150. שָׁנַן (shanan) — 9 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 6:7
HEB: וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖
NAS:You shall teach them diligently to your sons
KJV:And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,
INT:shall teach to your sons and shall talk

Deuteronomy 32:41
HEB: אִם־ שַׁנּוֹתִי֙ בְּרַ֣ק חַרְבִּ֔י
NAS: If I sharpen My flashing sword,
KJV:If I whet my glittering sword,
INT: If sharpen my flashing sword

Psalm 45:5
HEB: חִצֶּ֗יךָ שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים עַ֭מִּים תַּחְתֶּ֣יךָ
NAS: Your arrows are sharp; The peoples
KJV: Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart
INT: your arrows are sharp the peoples under

Psalm 64:3
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם
NAS: Who have sharpened their tongue
KJV:Who whet their tongue like a sword,
INT: Who have sharpened A sword their tongue

Psalm 73:21
HEB:לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃
NAS: was embittered And I was pierced within,
KJV: was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
INT: my heart within was pierced

Psalm 120:4
HEB:חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י
NAS:Sharp arrows of the warrior,
KJV:Sharp arrows of the mighty,
INT: arrows of the warrior Sharp With the coals

Psalm 140:3
HEB: שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־
NAS:They sharpen their tongues
KJV:They have sharpened their tongues
INT:sharpen their tongues as

Proverbs 25:18
HEB:וְ֭חֶרֶב וְחֵ֣ץ שָׁנ֑וּן אִ֥ישׁ עֹנֶ֥ה
NAS: and a sword and a sharp arrow
KJV: and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
INT: sword arrow sharp man bears

Isaiah 5:28
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֤ר חִצָּיו֙ שְׁנוּנִ֔ים וְכָל־ קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יו
NAS: Its arrows are sharp and all its bows
KJV: Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows
INT: its arrows are sharp and all bows

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