Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3913
לָטַשׁ
la.tash · “to sharpen”
Used 5 times across 4 books
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
Where it appears
Genesis1
1 Samuel1
Job1
Psalms2
In the text
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 7:13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.Psalms 52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
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