Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. 2. (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. 3. (n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. 4. (n.) A place hollowed out; a basin like cavity; a hollow. 5. (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. 6. (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. 7. (n.) To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. 8. (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. 9. (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.

Multi-Version Concordance Scoop (2 Occurrences) Proverbs 6:27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? (WEB NIV) Isaiah 30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern. (DBY NAS NIV)