21 occurrences

'Sharp' in the Bible

Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.

Verse ConceptsThreshingThings UnderMarshes

Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfFeetArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsSharp Tools

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Verse ConceptsTongueFalsehoodSpeaking, EvilSharpnessRazors

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

Verse ConceptsConviction Of SinBitterness

Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsSymbolsArrows

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsArrows, Figurative OfWitnesses, FalseSharpnessClubsArrows To Describe False Testimony

"Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw.

Verse ConceptsTeethThreshingMountains Removed

He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodMouthsQuiversShadowsSharpnessShadow Of GodGod Hiding PeopleSpeaking As From GodArrows

"As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor. Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsArts And Crafts, Types ofRazorsWeighingCutting HairDividing Into Three ThingsHairbalance

"'No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Verse ConceptsBriersThorns

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionDissensionSchismsDivisions Of Opiniondivision

They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringSuffering, Causes OfAlienation, Examples OfSharpnessPeople PartingMissionariesMisunderstandings

"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has the sharp double-edged sword:

Verse ConceptsSwordsChurch, Examples OfThe Sword Of The SpiritWriting LettersTwo SidedWeapons Of Christfreemasonry

Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceGoldHead coveringChrist GlorifiedSharp ToolsGold OrnamentsAngelsLike MenGreat White Throne JudgmentThe Rainbowclouds

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Verse ConceptsSharp ToolsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In Heaven

Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe."

Verse ConceptsOpportunities, And SalvationAltars, In HeavenSharp ToolsTreading GrapesShout Of GodAngels Doing God's Work

From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.

Verse ConceptsBabylonArmageddonBeverages, FigurativeGovernmentIronSceptreSymbolsThe AlmightyRodsTreading GrapesIron ObjectsOther References To MouthsWeapons Of ChristThe Coming Day Of God's WrathTransfiguration

Bible Theasaurus

Abrupt (1 instance)
Acute (5 instances)
Agonizing (1 instance)
Astute (3 instances)
Barbed (5 instances)
Bristling (1 instance)
Consuming (46 instances)
Corroding (4 instances)
Cracked (8 instances)
Craggy (1 instance)
Crisp (1 instance)
Discriminating (4 instances)
Excruciating (1 instance)
Grating (11 instances)
Harsh (38 instances)
Penetrating (3 instances)
Piercing (13 instances)
Shrewd (23 instances)
Shrill (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποτόμως 
Apotomos 
Usage: 2

ὀξύς 
Oxus 
Usage: 7

παροξυσμός 
Paroxusmos 
Usage: 2

τομώτερος 
Tomoteros 
Usage: 1

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