חַדchad
חַד: see below חדד
Pronunciation: khad · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2299
Meanings
חַד: sharp (Ezekiel 5:1; Psalms 57:5; Isaiah 49:2; Proverbs 5:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 57:4 I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.
- Proverbs 5:4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword.
- Isaiah 49:2 He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.
- Ezekiel 5:1 “Son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a razor to shave your head and beard. Use a scale to weigh the hair into three equal parts.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).