Strong’s H3913 · Hebrew
לָטַשׁ
lâṭash · law-tash'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen
In the King James Version instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 4:22And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
- 1 Samuel 13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
- Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Psalms 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.