King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2300
Transliteration: chadad
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-dad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be sharp, keen
Meaning: to be, sharp, severe
Word Summary
chadad: to be sharp, keen
Original Word: חָדַדTransliteration: chadad
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-dad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be sharp, keen
Meaning: to be, sharp, severe
Strong's Concordance
be fierce, sharpen A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe -- be fierce, sharpen.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2300. chadad
[חָדַד] verb be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; Late Hebrew חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian Pi`el uddudu, sharpen, DlPr 174, W 121) —
Qal Perfect עֶרֶב מִזְּאֵבֵי וְחַדּ֫וּ consecutive Habakkuk 1:8 are keener than evening wolves (of impetuous Chaldean horses).
Hiph`il הֵחֵד (Che Or Brd) or יַחֵד (Näg compare Dr§ 123 a, R), insert Isaiah 44:12 after ᵑ6 ᵐ5: the smith sharpeneth an axe.
Hoph`al Perfect3feminine singular הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; 21:15; 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 27:17 a;
Hiph`il sharpen (figurative), Imperfect apoc. יַ֫חַד Proverbs 27:17 b; מְּנֵירֵֿעֵהוּ יַחְד וְאִישׁ יָ֑חַד בְּבֶרְזֶל 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`il)