חַד
chad · H2299 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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sharp
Pertaining to having a thin cutting edge in order to make it useful and effective as a tool, often associated with aggression and danger
ExamplesPsalm 57:4 My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
Proverbs 5:4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Isaiah 49:2 He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a sharpened arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ὀξύς oxýs · G3691 · sharp, quick, swift
- Greek ὀξύς renders Hebrew חַד in contexts denoting sharpness (of blades, implements); both terms share the core semantic domain of cutting-edge acuteness, with Greek extending metaphorically to 'keen' perception and 'rapid' action while Hebrew maintains primary physical sharpness sense.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Shape002001001052
- The word describes a sharpened edge or point, as a sword "sharp as a two-edged sword" (Proverbs 5:4), a physical shape feature of a cutting implement.
- Quantity002001001046
- This code is inherited from the domain listing shared with this word's homograph meaning "one" (חַד (chad, H2297)); the "sharp" sense attested here does not itself denote a quantity.
- Frequency002001003009
- This code is likewise inherited from the shared homograph listing rather than an independent feature of the "sharp" sense.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2299. chad II. חַד see below חדד. II. [חַד] adjective sharp — only feminine singular…
II. חַד see below חדד.
II. [חַד] adjective sharp — only feminine singular חַדָּה, of חֶרֶב Eze 5:1; in figure of tongue Psa 57:5; simile of mouth Isa 49:2; figurative of end of (i.e. final experience with) strange woman ׳ח פִיּוֺת כְּחֶרֶב Pro 5:4 (|| כַלַּעֲנָה מָרָ֯ה). — 1. חַד see below אֶחָד.
חַדָּה see חַדָּה עֵין.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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