6949 - qahah

Strong's Concordance

Original word: קָהָה
Transliteration: qahah
Definition (short): edge
Definition (full): to be blunt or dull

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to be dull -- be set on edge, be blunt.
KJV: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
NASB: If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
KJV: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
NASB: "In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
KJV: But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
NASB: "But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
KJV: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
NASB: "What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers eat the sour grapes, But the children's teeth are set on edge '?