חָדַדchâdad
חָדַד: be sharp, keen
Pronunciation: khaw-dad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2300
Meanings
Qal: are keener (Habakkuk 1:8)
Hiph`il: sharpeneth (Isaiah 44:12)
Hoph`al: be sharpened (Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:15; Ezekiel 21:16)
חָדָה: be or grow sharp
Qal: grow sharp (Proverbs 27:17)
Hiph`il: sharpen, (figurative) (Proverbs 27:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
- Ezekiel 21:9 “Son of man, give the people this message from the Lord: “A sword, a sword is being sharpened and polished.
- Ezekiel 21:10 It is sharpened for terrible slaughter and polished to flash like lightning! Now will you laugh? Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power!
- Ezekiel 21:11 Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished; it is being prepared for the executioner.
- Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses are swifter than cheetahs and fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their charioteers charge from far away. Like eagles, they swoop down to devour their prey.
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).