Tâvâh — H8427

Definition

verb

to mark out, i.e. (primitive) scratch or (definite) imprint

1. to scrabble, limit, mark, make or set a mark
1. (Piel) to mark
2. (Hiphil) to set a mark

Usually translated as

set, scrabble

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• paroxýnō (G3947)
• tympanízō (G5178)

Occurrences

Tâvâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Ezekiel (1)

• 1 Samuel 21:13 — And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled (וַיְתָיו֙) 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 (וְהִתְוִ֨יתָ) a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.