# H2300 חָדַד

חָדַד (châdad), Strong’s H2300: to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe KJV: be fierce, sharpen.. Occurs 6 times.

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*châdad* — to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe

KJV: be fierce, sharpen.

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [חָדַד] vb. be sharp, keen
- Qal are keener than evening wolves
- Hiph. the smith sharpeneth an axe.
- Hoph. be sharpened
- חָדַה vb
- [חָדַה] vb. be or grow sharp
- Qal grow sharp
- Hiph. sharpen (fig.)

## Where it occurs
- [Ezekiel 21:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=14) — “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says: “A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished.
- [Ezekiel 21:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=15) — It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth?…
- [Ezekiel 21:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=16) — It is given to be polished, that it may be handled. The sword is sharpened. Yes, it is polished to give it into the…
- [Habakkuk 1:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/1?v=8) — Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly…
- [Proverbs 27:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/27?v=17) — Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.