Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.
2. (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
3. (n.) The act of whetting.
4. (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
Strong's Hebrew
3913. latash -- to hammer, sharpen, whet... latash. 3914 . to hammer, sharpen,
whet. Transliteration: latash Phonetic Spelling:
(law-tash') Short Definition: sharpen.
... instructor, sharpen,
whet.
... /hebrew/3913.htm - 6k 8150. shanan -- to whet, sharpen
... shanan. 8151 . to whet, sharpen. Transliteration: shanan Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-nan') Short Definition: sharp. ... prick, sharpen, teach diligently, whet. ...
/hebrew/8150.htm - 6k
7043. qalal -- to be slight, swift or trifling
... make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem,
thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet. ...
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Library
Turn or Burn
... REV. CH SPURGEON. at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "If he turn not, he will
whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready.""Psalm 7:12. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/turn or burn.htm
This is He who Took a Bodily Form in the virgin
... Bitter were thy nails, and sharp; bitter thy tongue, which thou didst whet; bitter
was Judas, to whom thou gavest hire; bitter thy false witnesses, whom thou ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/v this is he who.htm
Psalm LXIV.
... 4. "For they have whet like a sword their tongues" (ver.3). Which saith another
Psalm also, "Sons of men; their teeth are arms and arrows, and their tongue is ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxiv.htm
Psalm LII.
... whereof is said, "How beautiful are the feet of them that tell of peace, that tell
of good things!" [1894] Therefore like a razor let Doeg whet his tongue, let ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lii.htm
Talmage -- a Bloody Monster
... Drunkenness! Does it not jingle the burglar's key? Does it not whet the
assassin's knife? Does it not cock the highwayman's pistol? ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/talmage a bloody monster.htm
The Conversion of Paul.
... The havock which he had already made, served only to whet his eagerness; and he
longed for an opportunity of more extensive mischief, that he might diffuse the ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xii the conversion of.htm
Meditations for Household Piety.
... in his word, and train them up in his fear and service: "These words which I command
thee this day shall be in thy heart, and thou shalt whet them continually ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/meditations for household piety.htm
Frequent Communion is an Effectunl Means of Getting all Vertues ...
... 99. The Preparation for the exterior Souls, is to be Confessed and retire from the
Creatures, before the Communion to stand still and consider whet is to be ...
/.../chap xiii frequent communion is.htm
The Way to the City
... to repeat, under another metaphor, the same idea which has been presented in a previous
verse, where we read: 'If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the way to the city.htm
Hebrews iv. 13-Nov
... [2831] "If ye turn not," it is said, "He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow
and made it ready." ( Psalm 7:12.) For if now, after so long a time, and ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily vii hebrews iv 13-nov.htm
Thesaurus
Whet (5 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to
stimulate; as, to
whet the appetite or the courage.
...Whet (5 Occurrences).
.../w/whet.htm - 8kBend (29 Occurrences)
... (Root in DBY YLT NAS). Psalms 7:12 If a man turn not, He will whet His
sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready; (See NIV). ...
/b/bend.htm - 16k
Whether (239 Occurrences)
... Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue,
against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a ...
/w/whether.htm - 37k
Grind (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or
pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth ...
/g/grind.htm - 11k
Grasps (5 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me ...
/g/grasps.htm - 7k
Glittering (12 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me ...
/g/glittering.htm - 11k
Wherewithal (2 Occurrences)
/w/wherewithal.htm - 7k
Flashing (12 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me ...
/f/flashing.htm - 10k
Requite (42 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me ...
/r/requite.htm - 18k
Poisoned (7 Occurrences)
... behaviour. (BBE). Psalms 64:3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have
aimed their arrows, even bitter words, (See JPS). Jeremiah ...
/p/poisoned.htm - 8k
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