H3913: לָטַשׁ
lâṭash · pronounced law-tash' · “to sharpen”
Definition
properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
KJV translates it as: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hammer
1a2) to sharpen (sword)
1a3) hammerer (participle)
1b) (Pual) to be sharpened
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3913 is translated
- a sharpener of ×1
- sharpen ×1
- he sharpens ×1
- he will sharpen ×1
- sharpened ×1
Bible verses with H3913 (lâṭash)
Lâṭash appears in 5 verses.
- Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.
- 1 Samuel 13:20
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
- Job 16:9
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.