Limitless Word
שָׁנַןshânan/shaw-nan'/
HebrewH81509 occurrences (KJV)

to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate

KJV renders it: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.

Where it appears

  • Deut 6:7and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
  • Deut 32:41if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
  • Ps 45:5Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
  • Ps 64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
  • Ps 73:21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
  • Ps 120:4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Ps 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Prov 25:18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
  • Isa 5:28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.