Hebrew verb · H8150
שָׁנַן
shananshaw-nan'
to sharpen
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shânan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8150is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8150
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
The King James renders it: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
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
shanan is rendered "to sharpen". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:7וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's nine uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sharpened4
- they sharpen2
- and you will repeat them1
- I sharpen1
- I was pierced1
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 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃1
- וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם1
- שָׁנ֑וּן1
- שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים1
- שְׁנוּנִ֑ים1
- שְׁנוּנִ֔ים1
- שַׁנּוֹתִי֙1
- שָׁנְנ֣וּ1
- שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural3HVqsmpa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vpq2ms/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpq2ms/Sp3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1HVqsmsa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVti1cs
Deuteronomy
two uses
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣םveshinantamHc/Vpq2ms/Sp3mptagged: and you will repeat them
when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- שַׁנּוֹתִי֙shanotiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I sharpen
Psalms
five uses
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
- שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥יםshenunimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: sharpened
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- שָׁנְנ֣וּshanenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sharpen
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
- אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ʾeshtonanverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was pierced
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- שְׁנוּנִ֑יםshenunimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: sharpened
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּshananuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sharpen
Proverbs
one use
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- שָׁנ֑וּןshanunverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: sharpened
Isaiah
one use
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- שְׁנוּנִ֔יםshenunimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: sharpened
The letters
Gematria 400· 1,050 mispar gadol
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.