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HebrewH3913Verb

לָטַשׁ

la.tash

3Occurrences
H3913Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to sharpen, hammer, whet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hammer 1a2) to sharpen (sword) 1a3) hammerer (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be sharpened

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

לָטַשׁ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
1
Genesis
1
Job
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 13:20BSB

Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Genesis 4:22BSB

And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Job 16:9BSB

His anger has torn me and opposed me;He gnashes His teeth at me.My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.