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Strong’s Hebrew

H8150 — shanan

The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.

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שָׁנַן

shanan — pronounced shaw-nan

a primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate:--prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.

9 occurrences in the KJV.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

Psalms 45:5

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Psalms 64:3

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Psalms 73:21

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Psalms 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Psalms 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Isaiah 5:28

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

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