Hebrew verb · H2300
חָדַד
chadadkhaw-dad'
be sharp; to sharpen
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châdad
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2300is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2300
to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
The King James renders it: be fierce, sharpen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chadad is rendered "be sharp; to sharpen". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "be sharp".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Proverbs 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17יָ֑חַד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: be sharp, and to sharpen.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| be sharpStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereProverbs 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. |
| to sharpenStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it has been sharpened3
- and they are keen1
- he sharpens1
- it grows sharp1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הוּחַ֖דָּה1
- הוּחַ֔דָּה1
- הוּחַ֤דָּה1
- וְחַדּוּ֙1
- יַ֣חַד1
- יָ֑חַד1
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVHp3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- Hc/Vqq3cp1Hc/Vqq3cp
Proverbs
two uses
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- יָ֑חַדyachadverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it grows sharp
- יַ֣חַדyachadverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sharpens
Ezekiel
three uses
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
- הוּחַ֖דָּהhuchadahverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been sharpened
it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
- הוּחַ֔דָּהhuchadahverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been sharpened
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
- הוּחַ֤דָּהhuchadahverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been sharpened
Habakkuk
one use
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
- וְחַדּוּ֙vechaduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they are keen
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.