חָדַד châdad

Hebrew · Strong's H2300 · pronounced khaw-dad' · used 6 times in 5 verses

Meaning

to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe

In the King James Version: be fierce, sharpen.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Ezekiel 21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
Ezekiel 21:10 it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
Ezekiel 21:11 The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.