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To scrape

קָצַעStrong’s H7106

qatsa (qa-tsa)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qatsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “scrape” and “set in corners”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:”
Leviticus 14:41 KJV
Meaning
  1. To scrape, scrape off, cut off(Hiphil) to scrape
  2. To be cornered, be set in corners(Hophal) to cut off places, make corners
How it's translated
  • he will scrape 1
  • set in corners 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 1
  • Ezekiel 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

קָצַע qatsa · to scrape

1) to scrape, scrape off, cut off 1a) (Hiphil) to scrape

קָצַע qatsa · to corner

1) to be cornered, be set in corners 1a) (Hophal) to cut off places, make corners

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “scrape” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SCRAPE, verb transitive

[Latin scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.]

  1. To rub the surface of any thing with a sharp or rough instrument, or with something hard; as, to scrap the floor; to scrape a vessel for cleaning it; to scrape the earth; to scrape the body. Job 2:8
  2. To clean by scraping. Leviticus 14:41
  3. To remove or take off by rubbing.“I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock” Ezekiel 26:4
  4. To act upon the surface with a grating noise.
All definitions and other forms of “scrape”

    SCRAPE, verb intransitive

    1. To make a harsh noise.
    2. To play awkwardly on a violin.
    3. To make an awkward bow.

    SCRAPE, noun

    1. A rubbing.
    2. The sound of the foot drawn over the floor.
    3. A bow.
    4. Difficulty; perplexity; distress; that which harasses. [A low word.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.