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scrabbled

Meaning of “scrabbled”

Scratched or clawed at a surface with the hands or fingers.

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 21:13

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The KJV occurrence

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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.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 21:13 · retained source text

And he changed his behauiour before them, and fained himselfe mad in their hands, and scrabled on the doores of the gate, and let his spittle fall downe vpon his beard.

1611 marginal noteOr, made markes.

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