Deuteronomy 32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
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Whet
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Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
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שָׁנַן
shânan · shaw-nan'
2 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
Strong's KJV usage: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
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Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:41Strong's last: Psalms 64:3
Open full H8150 profile →לָטַשׁ
lâṭash · law-tash'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
Strong's KJV usage: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
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Strong's first: Psalms 7:12Strong's last: Psalms 7:12
Open full H3913 profile →קָלַל
qâlal · kaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 10:10Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:10
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If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
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whet
WHET, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive whetted or whet [G.]
1. To rub for the purpose of sharpening, as an edge tool; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a sythe or an ax.
2. To provoke; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite.
3. To provoke; to make angry or acrimonious.
Since Cassius first did whet me against Cesar, I have not slept.
To whet on or whet forward, to urge on; to instigate. [Not used nor proper.]
WHET, noun
1. The act of sharpening by friction.
2. Something that provokes or stimulates the appetite; as sips, drams and whets.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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