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Keen (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Sharp; having a fine edge or point;
as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. 2. (superl ...
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Keen-edged (2 Occurrences)
Keen-edged. Keen, Keen-edged. Keener . Multi-Version Concordance
Keen-edged (2 Occurrences). Psalms 55:21 His mouth ...
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Sharp (115 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point;
of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. ...
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Quick (49 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious;
as, a quick temper. 5. (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. ...
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Greedy (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very
hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. ...
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Sagacious (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Showing keen mental discernment; shrewd;
skilled in following a trail. 2. (a.) Hence, of quick ...
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Buying (12 Occurrences)
... buyers do today. Every where you find them now keen for bargains, but
"striking a bargain" is a tedious process. They grow warm ...
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Vulture (16 Occurrences)
... EAGLE.). (2.) In Job 28:7 the Hebrews `ayyah is thus rendered. The word denotes
a clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. In Leviticus ...
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Keener (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Keen (3 Occurrences)

Acts 13:7 who was a friend of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus. The Proconsul was a man of keen intelligence. He sent for Barnabas and Saul, and asked to be told God's Message.
(WEY)

Philippians 1:9 And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
(WEY)

Daniel 5:12 because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
(See NIV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

2. (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.

3. (superl.) Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.

4. (superl.) Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.

5. (superl.) Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.

6. (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.

7. (n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.

8. (v. i.) To wail as a keener does.

Greek

5114. tomos -- sharp
... temno (to cut; more comprehensive or decisive than kopto, as if by a single stroke;
whereas that implies repeated blows, like hacking); more keen -- sharper. ...
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3691. oxus -- sharp, swift
... sharp, swift. Probably akin to the base of akmen ("acid"); keen; by analogy, rapid --
sharp, swift. see GREEK akmen. (oxeia) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2300. chadad -- to be sharp, keen
... 2299, 2300. chadad. 2301 . to be sharp, keen. Transliteration: chadad Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-dad') Short Definition: sharpened. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3078. Yehoyakin -- "the LORD appoints," a king of Judah
... Yehoyakin. 3079 . "the LORD appoints," a king of Judah. Transliteration: Yehoyakin
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-yaw-keen') Short Definition: Jehoiachin. ...
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7915. sakkin -- a knife
... 7914b, 7915. sakkin. 7916 . a knife. Transliteration: sakkin Phonetic
Spelling: (sak-keen') Short Definition: knife. Word Origin ...
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3199. Yakin -- "He will establish," an Israelite name
... 3198, 3199. Yakin. 3200 . "He will establish," an Israelite name. Transliteration:
Yakin Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-keen') Short Definition: Jachin. ...
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3112. Yoyakin -- Jehoiachin
... Yoyakin. 3113 . Jehoiachin. Transliteration: Yoyakin Phonetic Spelling:
(yo-yaw-keen') Short Definition: Jehoiachin. Word Origin the same as Yehoyakin, ...
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Library

Keen
... Keen. ... The tune accompanying this hymn was composed by R. Keen (also spelled "Keene"
in some collections), and the letter "K" is signed to the hymn. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/keen.htm

"Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide. "
... Pe we jewh shin; suh keen Ta ba nin ga, Kush ke de bik ud; O we je we shin! Uh pe
nuh gush e wod, neej ke wa yug, Keen dush ween mah noo O we je we shin! ...
/.../nuhguhmoowin 27 10s abide with.htm

"Jesus, Lover of My Soul. "
... 2 Keen a tuh owh nin je chog, Ke buh gwe sa ne me goosh; Ka go nuh guh zhe she kain,
Pe me no uh yah we shin: Keen mah ke duh pa ne min, Keen a tuh ke wee doo ...
/.../nuhguhmoowin 25 8 lines 7s.htm

"Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour. "
... 3 Keen suh kee buh go sa ne min, Che wah buh me non; Nuh non duh we suh
nin je chog, Sha wan je ga yun. 4 Keen wan je me no uh yah ...
/.../nuhguhmoowin 3 pass me not.htm

"Sun of My Soul! Thou Saviour Dear. "
... Thou Saviour dear.". Keen suh nin ge zis oom Je sus, Keesh pin suh pee we jee we
yun; Oh ka go suh dush kah zoo kan, Ewh che wah buh me see no won. ...
/.../a collection of gospel hymns in ojibway and english/nuhguhmoowin 21 l m sun.htm

Ojibway Index.
... go kuh be kuh we she kan 7 Kahg' nig che we je wug 11 Ke da bwa ya ne min 67 Ke
dah ke che twah wan dah min 5 Ke guh e zhah min, nun see beeng 63 Keen mah ge ...
/.../anonymous/a collection of gospel hymns in ojibway and english/ojibway index.htm

Letter xii. --After the Retreat.
... has come to pass. 2nd. You know what I think about a keen feeling of your
weakness and powerlessness. Fénélon says that this is ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xii after the retreat.htm

How God Gives.
... There is a keen, cunning pretender-prince who is a past-master in the fine
art of handling men. There are wills warped and weakened ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/how god gives.htm

The Early Eden Picture.
... "And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living."
Here is revealed at a glance the keen mental powers at work. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the early eden picture.htm

Mr. HG Wells and the Giants
... And the more we approach the problems of human history with this keen and piercing
charity, the smaller and smaller space we shall allow to pure hypocrisy of ...
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Subtopics

Keen

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