שָׁנַן
shânan · shaw-nan'
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
- to point (transitive or intransitive)
- intensively, to pierce
- figuratively, to inculcate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁנַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are sharp2 · 22%
- and thou shalt teach them diligently1 · 11%
- if i whet1 · 11%
- who whet1 · 11%
- and i was pricked1 · 11%
- sharp1 · 11%
- they have sharpened1 · 11%
- and a sharp1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.