H8427: תָּוָה
tâvâh · pronounced taw-vaw' · “to mark”
Definition
to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint
KJV translates it as: scrabble, set (a mark).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to scrabble, limit, mark, make or set a mark
1a) (Piel) to mark
1b) (Hiphil) to set a mark
1a) (Piel) to mark
1b) (Hiphil) to set a mark
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8427 is translated
- he made marks ×1
- you will mark ×1
Bible verses with H8427 (tâvâh)
Tâvâh appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Samuel 21:13
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
- Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.