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Sharpen

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Greek G3947 paroxýnō

Original: παροξύνω

Meaning:
from παρά and a derivative of ὀξύς; to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:--easily provoke, stir.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:--easily provoke, stir.

Hebrew H2300 châdad

Original: חָדַד

Meaning:
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe; be fierce, sharpen.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: be fierce, sharpen.

Hebrew H5324 nâtsab

Original: נָצַב

Meaning:
a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively); appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.

Verses containing this word showing 2 of 2

^{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. Open

^{1 Samuel 13:21} Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. Open

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