Latash לָטַשׁ
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| לָטַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | latash |
| Strong's number | H3913 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to sharpen |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Latash (Hebrew לָטַשׁ, Strong's H3913) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to sharpen”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to sharpen, hammer, whet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | instructer (1), sharpen (1), sharpeneth (1), whet (1), sharp (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | forger (1), sharpen (1), pierces (1), god will sharpen (1), like a sharpened (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Latash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 4:22And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
Job
- Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Psalms
- Psalm 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Psalm 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).