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sharp

Meaning of “sharp”

Having a keen edge or point; cutting, piercing, severe, intense, or forceful.

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25 occurrences22 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 4:25

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Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 4:25 · retained source text

Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe stone, and cut off the foreskinne of her sonne, and cast it at his feete, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to mee.

1611 marginal noteOr, knife.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made it touch.

Joshua 5:2
¶ At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 5:2 · retained source text

¶ At that time the LORD said vnto Ioshua, Make thee sharpe kniues, and circumcise againe the children of Israel the second time.

1611 marginal noteOr, kniues of flints.

1611 marginal noteExod. 4.25.

Joshua 5:3
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 5:3 · retained source text

And Ioshua made him sharpe kniues, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskinnes.

1611 marginal noteOr, Gibeah-haaraloth.

1 Samuel 14:4
¶ And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:4 · retained source text

¶ And betweene the passages, by which Ionathan sought to go ouer vnto the Philistines garison, there was a sharpe rocke on the one side, and a sharp rocke on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Job 41:30
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 41:30 · retained source text

Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sharpe pieces, of the potsherd.

Psalms 45:5
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 45:5 · retained source text

Thine arrowes are sharpe in the heart of the Kings enemies; whereby the people fall vnder thee.

Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 57:4 · retained source text

My soule is among lyons, and I lie euen among them that are set on fire: euen the sonnes of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.

Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 120:4 · retained source text

Sharpe arrowes of the mightie: with coales of iuniper.

1611 marginal noteOr, It is as the sharpe arrowes of the mighty man with coales of iuniper.

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