- Original: חדד - Transliteration: Chadad - Phonetic: khaw-dad' - Definition: 1. to be sharp, be alert, be keen a. (Qal) to be sharp, be keen b. (Hiphil) to sharpen c. (Hophal) to be sharpened - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 605 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be (causatively make) sharp or (figuratively) severe: - be fierce sharpen. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • fierce, 1 Habakkuk 1:8 • sharpened, 3 Ezekiel 21:9; Ezekiel 21:10; Ezekiel 21:11 • sharpeneth, 2 Proverbs 27:17(2)