- Original: שׁנן - Transliteration: Shanan - Phonetic: shaw-nan' - Definition: 1. to sharpen, whet a. (Qal) to whet, sharpen b. (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively) c. (Hithpolel) to be pierced - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2422 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to point (transitively or intransitively); intensively to pierce; figuratively to inculcate: - prick sharp (-en) teach diligently whet. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • diligently, 1 Deuteronomy 6:7 • pricked, 1 Psalm 73:21 • sharp, 4 Psalm 45:5; Psalm 120:4; Proverbs 25:18; Isaiah 5:28 • sharpened, 1 Psalm 140:3 • whet, 2 Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalm 64:3