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To mark

תָּוָהStrong’s H8427

tavah (ta-vah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “made marks” and “mark”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“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.”
1 Samuel 21:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. To scrabble, limit, mark, make or set a mark(Piel) to mark · (Hiphil) to set a mark
How it's translated
  • and he made marks 1
  • and you will mark 1

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

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

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

תָּוָה tavah · to mark

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

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

M'ARK, noun

[Latin mercor, the primary sense of which is to go, to pass; Gr. to pass; Eng. fair, and fare.]

  1. A visible line made by drawing one substance on another; as a mark made by chalk or charcoal, or a pen.
  2. A line, groove or depression made by stamping or cutting; an incision; a channel or impression; as the mark of a chisel, of a stamp, of a rod or whip; the mark of the finger or foot.
  3. Any note or sign of distinction.“The Lord set a mark upon Cain” Genesis 4:15
  4. Any visible effect of force or agency.
All definitions and other forms of “mark”
  1. Any apparent or intelligible effect; proof, evidence.
  2. Notice taken.
  3. Any thing to which a missile weapon may be directed.
  4. Any object used as a guide, or to which the mind may be directed.
  5. Any thing visible by which knowledge of something may be obtained; indication; as the marks of age in a horse.
  6. A character made by a person who cannot write his name, and intended as a substitute for it.
  7. A weight of certain commodities, but particularly of gold and silver, used in several states of Europe; in Great Britain, a money of account, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
  8. A license of reprisals. [See Marque.]

M'ARK, verb transitive

  1. To draw or make a visible line or character with any substance; as, to mark with chalk or with compasses.
  2. To stamp; to impress; to make a visible impression, figure or indenture; as, to mark a sheep with a brand.
  3. To make an incision; to lop off a part; to make any sign of distinction; as, to mark sheep or cattle by cuts in their ears.
  4. To form a name or the initials of a name for distinction; as, to mark cloth; to mark a handkerchief.
  5. To notice; to take particular observation of.“Mark them who cause divisions and offenses” Romans 16:17“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace” Psalms 37:37
  6. To heed; to regard.

M'ARK, verb intransitive

To note; to observe critically; to take particular notice; to remark.

    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.