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H3789 כָּתַב (kâthab) kaw-thab'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

KJV Usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּתַב (ka.tav) — to write. 1) to write, record, enrol 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on 1a2) to write down, describe in writing 1a3) to register, enrol, record 1a4) to decree 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be written 1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled 1c) (Piel) to continue writing Aramaic equivalent: ke.tav (כְּתַב "to write" H3790)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · כְּתָב · כְּתֹבֶת · מִכְתָּב

Write | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb nif | ≈ חקק

to write down, to write, to inscribe, to incise = action by which humans or deities mark letters, words or other symbols on a surface, such as clay, stone, skin, or papyrus, usually with a pointed stylus or reed

EXO 17:14 · EXO 24:4 · EXO 24:12 · EXO 31:18 · EXO 32:15 · EXO 32:15 · EXO 34:1 · EXO 34:27 · EXO 34:28 · EXO 39:30 · NUM 5:23 · NUM 17:17 · NUM 17:18 · NUM 33:2 · DEU 4:13 · DEU 5:22 · DEU 6:9 · DEU 9:10 · DEU 10:2 · DEU 10:4 · DEU 11:20 · DEU 17:18 · DEU 27:3 · DEU 27:8 · DEU 28:58 · DEU 28:61 · DEU 29:19 · DEU 29:20 · DEU 29:26 · DEU 30:10 · DEU 31:9 · DEU 31:24 · JOS 1:8 · JOS 8:31 · JOS 8:32 · JOS 8:32 · JOS 8:34 · JOS 10:13 · JOS 18:4 · JOS 18:6 · JOS 18:8 · JOS 18:8 · JOS 18:9 · JOS 23:6 · JOS 24:26 · JDG 8:14 · 1SA 10:25 · 2SA 1:18 · 2SA 11:15 · 1KI 2:3 · 1KI 11:41 · 1KI 14:19 · 1KI 14:29 · 1KI 15:7 · 1KI 15:23 · 1KI 15:31 · 1KI 16:5 · 1KI 16:14 · 1KI 16:20 · 1KI 16:27 · 1KI 21:9 · 1KI 21:11 · 1KI 22:39 · 1KI 22:46 · 2KI 1:18 · 2KI 8:23 · 2KI 10:34 · 2KI 12:20 · 2KI 13:8 · 2KI 13:12 · 2KI 14:6 · 2KI 14:15 · 2KI 14:18 · 2KI 14:28 · 2KI 15:6 · 2KI 15:11 · 2KI 15:15 · 2KI 15:21 · 2KI 15:26 · 2KI 15:31 · 2KI 15:36 · 2KI 16:19 · 2KI 17:37 · 2KI 20:20 · 2KI 21:17 · 2KI 21:25 · 2KI 22:13 · 2KI 23:3 · 2KI 23:21 · 2KI 23:24 · 2KI 23:28 · 2KI 24:5 · 1CH 9:1 · 1CH 16:40 · 1CH 29:29 · 2CH 9:29 · 2CH 12:15 · 2CH 13:22 · 2CH 16:11 · 2CH 20:34 · 2CH 23:18 · 2CH 24:27 · 2CH 25:4 · 2CH 25:26 · 2CH 26:22 · 2CH 27:7 · 2CH 28:26 · 2CH 30:5 · 2CH 30:18 · 2CH 31:3 · 2CH 32:32 · 2CH 33:19 · 2CH 34:21 · 2CH 34:24 · 2CH 34:31 · 2CH 35:12 · 2CH 35:25 · 2CH 35:26 · 2CH 35:27 · 2CH 36:8 · EZR 3:2 · EZR 3:4 · EZR 4:7 · EZR 5:7 · EZR 6:2 · NEH 6:6 · NEH 7:5 · NEH 8:14 · NEH 8:15 · NEH 10:1 · NEH 10:35 · NEH 10:37 · NEH 12:23 · NEH 13:1 · EST 1:19 · EST 2:23 · EST 3:9 · EST 6:2 · EST 9:20 · EST 9:32 · EST 10:2 · JOB 19:23 · PSA 40:8 · PSA 102:19 · PSA 139:16 · PRO 3:3 · PRO 7:3 · PRO 22:20 · ECC 12:10 · ISA 8:1 · ISA 30:8 · ISA 44:5 · ISA 65:6 · JER 17:1 · JER 25:13 · JER 30:2 · JER 31:33 · JER 32:10 · JER 32:12 · JER 32:44 · JER 36:2 · JER 36:4 · JER 36:6 · JER 36:17 · JER 36:18 · JER 36:27 · JER 36:28 · JER 36:29 · JER 36:32 · JER 45:1 · JER 51:60 · JER 51:60 · EZK 2:10 · EZK 2:10 · EZK 24:2 · EZK 37:16 · EZK 37:16 · EZK 37:20 · EZK 43:11 · DAN 5:5 · DAN 5:5 · DAN 7:1 · DAN 9:11 · DAN 9:13 · DAN 12:1 · HOS 8:12 · HAB 2:2 · MAL 3:16

Write | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb nif

to register, to record, to enroll, to list = causative action by which humans write down names or other information for record keeping purposes, without an explicit reference to a scroll or other writing materials

NUM 11:26 · 1CH 4:41 · 1CH 24:6 · EZR 5:10 · EZR 8:34 · NEH 12:22 · PSA 69:29 · PSA 87:6 · ISA 4:3 · ISA 10:19 · JER 22:30 · EZK 13:9

Dead | verb nif

Collocation: כתב בָּאֶרֶץ

to be written in the earth exact meaning unsure; literally: to be written in the earth; hence, possibly: = process by which humans die, with the possible implication of going down to the underworld

JER 17:13

Exist | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb pi, verb nif | ≈ חקק

to write, to issue = causative action by which humans create a written document, such as a letter, book, or song

EXO 32:32 · DEU 24:1 · DEU 24:3 · DEU 31:19 · DEU 31:22 · 2SA 11:14 · 1KI 21:8 · 2KI 10:1 · 2KI 10:6 · 2CH 30:1 · 2CH 32:17 · EZR 4:6 · EZR 4:7 · EZR 4:8 · EST 3:12 · EST 3:12 · EST 8:5 · EST 8:5 · EST 8:8 · EST 8:8 · EST 8:9 · EST 8:10 · EST 9:23 · EST 9:29 · JOB 13:26 · JOB 31:35 · PSA 149:9 · ISA 10:1 · ISA 10:1 · DAN 6:26

Non-Know | verb nif

Collocation: כתב בָּאֶרֶץ

to be written in the earth > to be soon forgotten exact meaning unsure; literally: to be written in the earth; hence, possibly: = process by which the names of humans are soon forgotten, as words written in the sand which are soon wiped out

JER 17:13

1 EZK 24:2 MT-K כתוב | MT-Q כְּתָב 2 HOS 8:12 MT-K אכתוב | MT-Q אֶכְתָּב 3 JER 17:13 RSV ESV "written in the earth" NIV "written in the dust" REB "inscribed in the dust" NJPS "be doomed" NRSV "recorded in the underworld" = [1c] | GNT "disappear like names written in the dust" CEV "be swept away like names written in the dust" = [1e]

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כָּתַב 223 vb. write Qal write

= write down, describe in writing

= register, enroll

= decree

Niph. be written

= be written down, recorded

Pi. frequent.

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