# לָטַשׁ (latash)

Israeli respelling: la-tash. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3913. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen

King James renderings: instructer, sharp(-en), whet.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/latash-h3913

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 4:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/22) — And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
- [1 Samuel 13:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/20) — But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
- [Job 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/9) — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- [Psalms 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/7/12) — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- [Psalms 52:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/52/2) — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.