1. (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

2. (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

3. (v. t.) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.

4. (v. t.) To supply with food.

5. (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm.

6. (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf.

7. (n.) Victuals; food.

4663. skolex -- a worm
... worm. Of uncertain derivation; a grub, maggot or earth-worm -- worm. (skolex) --
1 Occurrence. 4662, 4663. skolex. 4664 . Strong's Numbers.
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4663.htm - 6k5580. sas -- a moth
... a moth. Transliteration: sas Phonetic Spelling: (sawce) Short Definition: grub.
Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a moth NASB Word Usage grub (1). ...
/hebrew/5580.htm - 5k

5823. azaq -- to dig about
... root Definition to dig about NASB Word Usage dug it all around (1). fence about.
A primitive root; to grub over -- fence about. 5822, 5823. azaq. 5824 . ...
/hebrew/5823.htm - 5k

8438. tola -- worm, scarlet stuff
... ath {to-lah'-ath}; or tolaiath {to-lah'-ath}; from yala'; a maggot (as voracious);
specifically (often with ellipsis of shaniy) the crimson-grub, but used only ...
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Jehovah
... The grub of the dragonfly, that lives at the bottom of the pond, may be a finely
developed and vigorous grub; but, when it becomes a dragonfly, the powers of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 6 jehovah.htm

Christmas Day
... The heath eats up green grass and delicate flowers, The pine eats up the heath,
the grub the pine, The finch the grub, the hawk the silly finch; And man, the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/christmas day.htm

Composition and Style
... Why do we restrain the luxuriance of our vines? Why do we dig about them? Why do
we grub up the bramble-bushes in our fields? Yet the earth produces them. ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/composition and style.htm

Meanwhile, the Marquis Fontenelle had Been Nearly a Fortnight in ...
... Rome. Italian society makes very short work of spurious art, and closes
its doors ruthlessly against mere English "Grub Street". ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxiii meanwhile the marquis fontenelle.htm

That More Might be Given and Gotten.
... The people have no ideals. They grub in the earth content. There is a deep,
hidden-away current of good. But it needs leadership to bring it to the surface. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on prayer/that more might be given.htm

Rhoda
... 'Raw haste' is 'half-sister to delay.' Settlers in forest lands have found that
it is endless work to grub up the trees, or even to fell them. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/rhoda.htm

The Treasure House
... Court unseen push open my door, and show me with great delight and most disconcerting
self-assurance some treasure she has found"a grub, or maybe some one ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xxiv the treasure house.htm

Rev. Mr. Hart's Address.
... to convictions and his successful efforts to promote peace, by which he brought
about the unity of the Church in this land; and one by Professor Grub of the ...
/.../the sermons and addresses at the seabury centenary/rev mr harts address.htm

Ein Neues Lied Wir Heben An. By Help of God I Fain Would Tell.
... 10. Die Aschen will nicht lassen ab, Sie staeubt in allen Landen; Hie hilft kein
Bach, Loch, Grub' noch Grab, Sie macht den Feind zu Schanden. ...
/.../bacon/the hymns of martin luther/v ein neues lied wir.htm

Ancient Civilisation {5} {6}
... The heath eats up green grass and delicate herbs; The pines eat up the heath; the
grub the pine; The finch the grub; the hawk the silly finch; And man, the ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/ancient civilisation 5 6.htm

Grub (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by
up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge. ...Grub (2 Occurrences). ...
/g/grub.htm - 7k

Colour (22 Occurrences)
... In Isaiah 1:18 a Hebrew word is used which denotes the worm or grub whence this
dye was procured. ... The dye was procured from the female grub alone. ...
/c/colour.htm - 21k

Grudge (11 Occurrences)

/g/grudge.htm - 13k

Growths (2 Occurrences)

/g/growths.htm - 7k

Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)
... 38. It may have been a species of locust, or the name of one of the
transformations through which the locust passes, locust-grub. ...
/c/caterpillar.htm - 10k

Grub (2 Occurrences)

Job 25:6 How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!
(YLT)

Isaiah 51:8 For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
(See NAS)

Grub

Colour (22 Occurrences)

Grudge (11 Occurrences)

Growths (2 Occurrences)

Caterpillar (6 Occurrences)

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