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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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Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:18 · retained source text

A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is a maule, and a sword, and a sharpe arrow.

1611 marginal notePsal. 120.4. chap. 12.18.

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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:28 · retained source text

Whose arrowes are sharpe, and all their bowes bent, their horses hoofs shall bee counted like flint, and their wheeles like a whirlewind.

Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:15 · retained source text

Behold, I will make thee a new sharpe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and beate them small, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mouthes.

Isaiah 49:2
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 49:2 · retained source text

And he hath made my mouth like a sharpe sword, in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made mee a polished shaft; in his quiuer hath hee hid me,

Ezekiel 5:1
AND thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:1 · retained source text

¶ And thou sonne of man, take thee a sharpe knife, take thee a barbours rasor, and cause it to passe vpon thine head and vpon thy beard: then take the ballances to weigh, and diuide the haire.

Acts 15:39
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 15:39 · retained source text

And the contention was so sharpe betweene them, that they departed asunder one from the other: & so Barnabas tooke Marke, & sailed vnto Cyprus.

Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 1:16 · retained source text

And hee had in his right hand seuen starres: and out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sword: and his countenance was as the Sunne shineth in his strength.

Revelation 2:12
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 2:12 · retained source text

And to the Angel of the Church in Pergamos, write, These things saith hee, which hath the sharpe sword with two edges:

Revelation 14:14
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 14:14 · retained source text

And I looked, and beholde, a white cloud, and vpon the cloude one sate like vnto the sonne of man, hauing on his head a golden crowne, and in his hand a sharpe sickle.

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