Bible Dictionary: Scrape

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

2. (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

3. (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.

4. (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.

5. (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smoothes or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.

6. (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.

7. (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

8. (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

9. (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.

10. (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.

11. (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.

Greek

2833. knetho -- to scratch, itch
... Word Origin a late form of knao (to scrape) Definition to scratch, itch
NASB Word Usage tickled (1). itching. From a primary knao ...
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2991. laxeutos -- hewn (in stone)
... Word Origin from a comp. of laas (a stone) and xeo (to scrape) Definition hewn
(in stone) NASB Word Usage cut into the rock (1). hewn in stone. ...
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631. apomasso -- to wipe off
... wipe off. Middle voice from apo and masso (to squeeze, knead, smear); to scrape
away -- wipe off. see GREEK apo. (apomassometha) -- 1 Occurrence. 630, 631. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5500. sachah -- to scrape
... sachah. 5501 . to scrape. Transliteration: sachah Phonetic Spelling: (saw-khaw')
Short Definition: scrape. ... root Definition to scrape NASB Word Usage scrape (1) ...
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1623. garad -- to scrape, scratch
... to scrape, scratch. Transliteration: garad Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-rad') Short
Definition: scrape. ... root Definition to scrape, scratch NASB Word Usage scrape (1). ...
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7106. qatsa' -- to scrape, scrape off
... 7105b, 7106. qatsa'. 7106a . to scrape, scrape off. Transliteration: qatsa'
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tsah') Short Definition: scrape. cause to scrape, corner ...
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7106a. qatsa -- to scrape, scrape off
... qatsa. 7106b . to scrape, scrape off. Transliteration: qatsa Short Definition:
scraped. ... root Definition to scrape, scrape off NASB Word Usage scraped (1). ...
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4448b. malal -- to rub, scrape
... malal. 4448c . to rub, scrape. Transliteration: malal Short Definition: signals.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to rub, scrape NASB Word Usage signals (1 ...
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7287b. radah -- to scrape out
... radah. 7288 . to scrape out. Transliteration: radah Short Definition: scraped.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to scrape out NASB Word Usage scraped (2). ...
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7096. qatsah -- to cut off
... root Definition to cut off NASB Word Usage cut off (1), cuts off (1), cutting off
(1), scrape off (1), scraped (1). cut off, cut short, scrape off. ...
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5502. sachaph -- prostrate
... root Definition prostrate NASB Word Usage become prostrate (1), driving (1). sweep
away. A primitive root; to scrape off -- sweep (away). 5501b, 5502. ...
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5595. saphah -- to sweep or snatch away, catch up
... A primitive root; properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively)
together (ie To accumulate or increase) or away (ie To scatter, remove ...
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1639. gara -- to diminish, restrain, withdraw
... A primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold --
abate, clip, (di-)minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small ...
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Library

Fun and Mischief. His Little Cousin and the "Gnats. " the Aurora ...
... Fun and Mischief. His Little Cousin and the "Gnats." The Aurora Borealis. A
Bumble-bee Scrape. Another Bee Scrape. ... A Bumble-bee Scrape. Another Bee Scrape. ...
/.../chapter iv fun and mischief.htm

Psalm LII.
... "As with a sharp razor thou hast done deceit" (ver.3). See what do evil men to Saints,
they scrape their hair. ... Hair it is to scrape, it is to make a man bald. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lii.htm

Death in Life
... nothing but that; breaks God's law for that, as if that was the thing to which he
was a debtor, bound by some law which he could not avoid to scrape and scrape ...
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Thou Shalt not Steal.
... acquired possession thrives. How many there are who rake and scrape day
and night, and yet grow not a farthing richer! And though ...
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Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel
... CHAPTER IV. Fun and Mischief. His Little Cousin and the "Gnats." The Aurora Borealis.
A Bumble-bee Scrape. Another Bee Scrape. Justification by Faith alone. ...
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Satan Considering the Saints
... prince became worse than a pauper, and he who was rich and happy was poor and wretched,
filled with disease from head to foot, and fain to scrape himself with ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 11 1865/satan considering the saints.htm

True Repentance a Thing Divine, Originated by God, and Subject to ...
... inveterate error had imparted, whatever contamination in the heart of man ignorance
had engendered, that repentance should sweep and scrape away, and cast out ...
/.../tertullian/on repentance/chapter ii true repentance a thing.htm

Petty Dishonesty.
... INTRODUCTION."The dishonest Steward in to-day's Gospel shows us the natural tendency
of the human heart when in a scrape"to have recourse to dishonesty to ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/xlvi petty dishonesty.htm

Argument: He Briefly Shows, Moreover, what Ridiculous, Obscene ...
... You wipe, cleanse, scrape, and you protect and fear those whom you make; while not
one of you thinks that he ought to know God before he worships Him; desiring ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxiv argument he briefly shows.htm

Indwelling Sin
... declared himself to be just and upright: he had said, "My righteousness I will hold
fast, and I will not let it go;" and notwithstanding he did scrape his body ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/indwelling sin.htm

Thesaurus

Scrape (3 Occurrences)
... edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses
and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone ...
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Scraped (5 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Scrape. ... (See JPS DBY NAS RSV). Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd
to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. (See NIV). ...
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Paw (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The hand. 3. (vi) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape
with the forefoot. ... 5. (vt) To scrape or beat with the forefoot. Int. ...
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Goad (2 Occurrences)
... The pointed end is to prod the oxen while plowing. The flattened iron at the
other end is to scrape off the earth which clogs the plowshare. ...
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Tyrus (18 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers:
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. ...
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Rubble (17 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Ezekiel 26:4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her
towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. ...
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Erase (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted;
to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name. ...
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Debris (2 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 26:4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I
will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. (See NAS). ...
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Plaster (13 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and
they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an ...
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Potsherd (6 Occurrences)
... Potsherd (6 Occurrences). Job 2:8 He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself
with, and he sat among the ashes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Scrape (3 Occurrences)

Leviticus 14:41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 2:8 He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 26:4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Scrape

Related Terms

Scraped (5 Occurrences)

Paw (4 Occurrences)

Goad (2 Occurrences)

Tyrus (18 Occurrences)

Rubble (17 Occurrences)

Erase (1 Occurrence)

Debris (2 Occurrences)

Plaster (13 Occurrences)

Potsherd (6 Occurrences)