1. (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

2. (v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.

3. (v. t.) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.

4. (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

SCRABBLE

skrab'-l: Occurs only in 1 Samuel 21:13, as the translation of tawah: "David.... feigned himself mad and scrabbled on the doors of the gate." "To scrabble" (modern English "scrawl") is here to make unmeaning marks; tawah means "to make a mark" from taw, "a mark," especially as a cross (Ezekiel 9:4), a signature (Job 31:35, see the Revised Version (British and American)), the name of the Hebrew letter taw ("t") originally made in the form of a cross; the Revised Version margin has "made marks"; but Septuagint has tumpanizo, "to beat as a drum," which the Vulgate, Ewald, Driver and others follow ("beat upon" or "drummed on the doors of the city," which seems more probable).

8427. tavah -- to make or set a mark
... confession, sacrifice of praise, thanksgiving, offering. A primitive root; to mark
out, ie (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint -- scrabble, set (a mark). ...
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8428. tavah -- probably to pain, wound
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition probably to pain, wound NASB Word Usage pained
(1). scrabble, set a mark. A primitive root (or perhaps ident. ...
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The Exile Continued.
... to the description. A madman would be more likely to hammer than to "scrabble"
on the great double-leaved gate. The fifty-sixth ...
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The Water of Life;
... make use of their lusts for pleasure, and of grace to remove their guilt, and they
will make a pretty good shift, as we say; they will finally scrabble on in a ...
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Divine Grace.
... to make use of their lusts for pleasure, and of grace to remove their guilt, and
they will make a pretty good shift, as we say; they will finely scrabble on in ...
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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A vindication of Gospel Truths Opened,
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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The Doctrine
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Scrabble
... 1. (vt) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the
hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. ...SCRABBLE. ...
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Scouts (1 Occurrence)

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Scrabbled (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Scrabble. Multi-Version Concordance
Scrabbled (1 Occurrence). 1 Samuel 21:13 He changed ...
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Scrabble

Scouts (1 Occurrence)

Scrabbled (1 Occurrence)

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