כָּתַבkâthab
כָּתַב: write
Pronunciation: kaw-thab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3789
Meanings
Qal: cstr, active (Joshua 8:32; Jeremiah 36:6; Deuteronomy 6:9)
1. write
a. tablets inscribed, tables inscribed on both sides (Exodus 34:27; Exodus 24:12; Exodus 39:30)
b. write, on (Deuteronomy 17:18; 1 Kings 11:41; Jeremiah 36:2)
c. unto, write down for (Isaiah 8:1; Jeremiah 17:1; Deuteronomy 9:10)
2. = write down, describe in writing (Judges 18:4; Judges 18:6; Judges 18:8)
3. = register, enroll (Isaiah 10:19; 1 Chronicles 24:6; Numbers 11:26)
4. = decree (Job 13:26)
Niph`al
1. be written (Job 19:23; Malachi 3:16; Esther 2:23)
2. be written down, recorded (Ezra 8:34; Ezekiel 13:9; Psalms 69:29)
Pi`el: compare Qal 4 (Isaiah 10:1)
: write
Pe`al: active (Daniel 6:26; Daniel 7:1; Ezra 4:8)
Same root
- כְּתַבkᵉthab · H3790{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}
- כָּתָבkâthâb · H3791something written, i.e. a writing, record or book
- כְּתֹבֶתkᵉthôbeth · H3793a letter or other mark branded on the skin
- מִכְתָּבmiktâb · H4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
Where it appears
Appears 224 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 17:14 After the victory, the Lord instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Exodus 24:4 Then Moses carefully wrote down all the Lord’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 24:12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.”
- Exodus 31:18 When the Lord finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, written by the finger of God.
- Exodus 32:15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
- Exodus 32:32 But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”
See every passage
- Exodus 17:14, 24:4, 24:12, 31:18, 32:15, 32:32, 34:1, 34:27, 34:28, 39:30
- Numbers 5:23, 11:26, 17:2, 17:3, 33:2
- Deuteronomy 4:13, 5:22, 6:9, 9:10, 10:2, 10:4, 11:20, 17:18, 24:1, 24:3, 27:3, 27:8, 28:58, 28:61, 29:20, 29:21, 29:27, 30:10, 31:9, 31:19, 31:22, 31:24
- Joshua 1:8, 8:31, 8:32, 8:34, 10:13, 18:4, 18:6, 18:8, 18:9, 23:6, 24:26
- Judges 8:14
- 1 Samuel 10:25
- 2 Samuel 1:18, 11:14, 11:15
- 1 Kings 2:3, 11:41, 14:19, 14:29, 15:7, 15:23, 15:31, 16:5, 16:14, 16:20, 16:27, 21:8, 21:9, 21:11, 22:39, 22:45
- 2 Kings 1:18, 8:23, 10:1, 10:6, 10:34, 12:19, 13:8, 13:12, 14:6, 14:15, 14:18, 14:28, 15:6, 15:11, 15:15, 15:21, 15:26, 15:31, 15:36, 16:19, 17:37, 20:20, 21:17, 21:25, 22:13, 23:3, 23:21, 23:24, 23:28, 24:5
- 1 Chronicles 4:41, 9:1, 16:40, 24:6, 29:29
- 2 Chronicles 9:29, 12:15, 13:22, 16:11, 20:34, 23:18, 24:27, 25:4, 25:26, 26:22, 27:7, 28:26, 30:1, 30:5, 30:18, 31:3, 32:17, 32:32, 33:19, 34:21, 34:24, 34:31, 35:12, 35:25, 35:26, 35:27, 36:8
- Ezra 3:2, 3:4, 4:6, 4:7, 8:34
- Nehemiah 6:6, 7:5, 8:14, 8:15, 9:38, 10:34, 10:36, 12:22, 12:23, 13:1
- Esther 1:19, 2:23, 3:9, 3:12, 6:2, 8:5, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 9:20, 9:23, 9:29, 9:32, 10:2
- Job 13:26, 19:23, 31:35
- Psalms 40:7, 69:28, 87:6, 102:18, 139:16, 149:9
- Proverbs 3:3, 7:3, 22:20
- Ecclesiastes 12:10
- Isaiah 4:3, 8:1, 10:1, 10:19, 30:8, 44:5, 65:6
- Jeremiah 17:1, 17:13, 22:30, 25:13, 30:2, 31:33, 32:10, 32:12, 32:44, 36:2, 36:4, 36:6, 36:17, 36:18, 36:27, 36:28, 36:29, 36:32, 45:1, 51:60
- Ezekiel 2:10, 13:9, 24:2, 37:16, 37:20, 43:11
- Daniel 9:11, 9:13, 12:1
- Hosea 8:12
- Habakkuk 2:2
- Malachi 3:16
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