In a general sense, a writer. Hence,

Anotary; a public writer.

In ecclesiastical meetings and associations in America, a secretary or clerk; one who records the transactions of an ecclesiastical body.

In Scripture and the Jewish history, a clerk or secretary to the king. Seraiah was scribe to king David.2 Samuel 8:17.

An officer who enrolled or kept the rolls of the army, and called over the names and reviewed them. 2 Chronicles 24:11; 2 Kings 25:19.

A writer and a doctor of the law; a man of learning; one skilled in the law; one who read and explained the law to the people. Ezra 8:1.

To mark by a model or rule; to mark so as to fit one piece to another; a term used by carpenters and joiners.