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Lexicon :: Strong's H3789 - kāṯaḇ

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כָּתַב
Transliteration
kāṯaḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-thav'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1053

Strong’s Definitions

כָּתַב kâthab, kaw-thab'; a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe):—describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 223x

The KJV translates Strong's H3789 in the following manner: write (210x), describe (7x), subscribe (4x), recorded (1x), write up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 223x
The KJV translates Strong's H3789 in the following manner: write (210x), describe (7x), subscribe (4x), recorded (1x), write up (1x).
  1. to write, record, enrol

    1. (Qal)

      1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on

      2. to write down, describe in writing

      3. to register, enrol, record

      4. to decree

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be written

      2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled

    3. (Piel) to continue writing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּתַב kâthab, kaw-thab'; a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe):—describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
STRONGS H3789: Abbreviations
כָּתַב 223 verb write (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כתב; Aramaic כְּתַב, bdb050703 Nabataean כתב, see especially Nö in EutNab. p. 43; thence Arabic bdb050704 Ethiopic bdb050705 book, DiLex. 852 (as loan-words, Frä249 DHMVOJ i (1887), 29); MV Buhl compare Arabic bdb050706 draw or sew together, conjoin (letters), etc., compare FlZMG 1873, 427) —
Qal Perfect כ׳ Joshua 8:32 +, כָּתַבְתָּ Jeremiah 36:6 +, suffix וּכְתַבְתָּם consecutive Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20, etc. (Perfect + 27 times); Imperfect יִכְתֹּב Isaiah 44:5, וַיִּכְתֹּב Exodus 24:4 +, etc. (Imperfect + 39 times); Imperative כְּתֹב Isaiah 8:1 + 5 times, כְּתָבֿ Exodus 34:27 + 2 times; suffix כָּתְבָהּ Isaiah 30:8, כָּתְבֵם Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; plural כִּתְבוּ Deuteronomy 31:9 + 3 times; Infinitive absolute כָּתוֺכ Jeremiah 32:44; cstr כְּתוֺב Psalm 87:8, לִכְתֹּב Deuteronomy 31:24; Joshua 18:8; suffix כָּתְבוֺ Jeremiah 45:1; Participle active כֹּתֵב Jeremiah 36:18, plural כֹּתְבִים Jeremiah 32:12; Nehemiah 10:1; passive (113 times), כָּתוּב Joshua 1:8 +, feminine כְּתוּבָה 2 Samuel 1:18 +, plural כְּתוּבִים 1 Kings 15:7 +, כְּתֻבִים 1 Kings 11:41 +; feminine plural כְּתוּבוֺת 2 Chronicles 34:24; —
1. write:
a. with accusative, words Exodus 34:27, commandments Exodus 24:12, etc.; accusative of congnate meaning with verb מכתב Exodus 39:30, compare כַּמִּכְתָּב Deuteronomy 10:4; with כְּ, giving purport of writing, also Esther 8:8; but object also a book, סֵפֶר Exodus 32:32; Deuteronomy 24:1; מְגִלָּה Jeremiah 38:6, compare participle pass, וְהִיא כְּתוּבָה מָּנִים וְאָחוֺר Ezekiel 2:10)of מגלה; i.e. written on both sides); a letter, סֵפָר 2 Samuel 11:14; 2 Kings 10:1 + 4 times, אִגֶּרֶת 2 Chronicles 30:1; a divorce-certificate סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת Deuteronomy 24:1, etc.; even לֻחֹת כְּתֻבִים tablets inscribed by the finger of God Exodus 31:18 compare Deuteronomy 9:10; מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם כ׳ ל׳ Exodus 32:15 tables inscribed on both sides (compare Ezekiel 2:10 above) Here belongs (probably) וְזֶה יִכְתֹּב יָדוֺ לי׳ Isaiah 44:5 and this one shall inscribe his hand, 'Yahweh's', so Greek Version of the LXX Hi Kn Che Br Du Di, Ges Ew De, shall sign (with) his hand unto י׳.
b. more often write something on, or in (עַלֿ + 85 times, בְ + 44 times, אֶלֿ + 3 times) a tablet, roll, book, etc. (object various, as above): —
(1) עַלֿ כ׳ followed by סֵפֶר = book Deuteronomy 17:18 + 55 times, especially in phrase כתובים עלסֿפר דברי וגו׳ 1 Kings 11:41 + often Kings Chronicles; עַלמְֿגִּלָּה כ׳ Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 36:28; Jeremiah 36:32; Jeremiah 38:29; עַללֿוּח(ותׅ כ׳ Exodus 34:1 + 7 times, עַלאֶֿבֶן Deuteronomy 27:3 + 2 times, עַלגּֿלָּיוֺן Isaiah 8:1; עַלמְֿזֻזוֺת בַּיִת Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20; עַלמַֿטֶּה on a rod Numbers 17:17; Numbers 17:18; עַלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 37:16 (twice in verse), עַלצִֿיץ (high priest's plate) Exodus 39:30; even (only Chronicles) עַלֿ followed by name of book or its contents: — עַלדִּֿבְרֵי נָתָן כ׳ 2 Chronicles 9:29; compare 2 Chronicles 33:19; עַלמִֿדְרַשׁ וגו׳ 2 Chronicles 24:27; עַלהַֿקִּינוֺת 2 Chronicles 35:25; figurative, עַללִֿבָּם כ׳ Jeremiah 31:83 I will write them upon their heart; compare עַללֿוּחַ לִבֶּ֑ךָ כ׳ Proverbs 3:3.
(2) אֶלֿ כ׳ appears for עַלֿ כ׳ only Jeremiah 36:2 compare Ezekiel 2:10; Jeremiah 51:60. (3) בְּ כ׳ followed by ספר = book Joshua 24:26 (E) + 35 times; = letter, bill, deed, 1 Kings 21:9 + 5 times; בִּמְגִלַּת סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָ֑י Psalm 40:8 it is prescribed to me, על as 2 Kings 22:13 (N.B. עלֿ כ׳ not used with סֵפֶר = letter, and בְּ כ׳ not used with לוּחַ, אבן or עֵץ).
c. other uses of perp. with כ׳ are: — בְּ instrumental, בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֺשׁ כ׳ Isaiah 8:1, בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל כ׳ Jeremiah 17:1; כְּתֻבִים בְּאֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים Deuteronomy 9:10; Exodus 31:18; אֶלֿ כ׳ unto, of person to whom letter, etc., is addressed 2 Samuel 11:14; 2 Kings 10:6; Esther 9:13; עַלֿ substantive for אֶלֿ (late) 2 Chronicles 30:1; Ezra 4:7; Esther 8:8; the fuller construction is ספר וישׁלח (אֶלֿׅ כ׳ 2 Kings 10:1; Esther 8:10; Esther 9:20 +; אֶלֿ כ׳ write down for the benefit or use of some one, Judges 8:14; לְ to or for, Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 24:1 +; note especially אֶכְתָּו֯בלֿוֺ רֻבֵּו֯ תּוֺרָתִי Hosea 8:12, i.e. either, I write (keep writing) for them ever so many (We, רֹב, compare bdb050707 Ew and most רִבּוֺ(אׅ a myriad) of my directions, or 'Though I write,' 'Were I to write,' etc.; כ׳ followed by ל with infinitive of purpose 2 Chronicles 32:17; Esther 8:5; with מִן in phrase מִמִּי פ׳ כ׳ write from the mouth of any one i.e. from dictation, Jeremiah 36:2, 32; Jeremiah 38:6, 17, 27; Jeremiah 45:1.
2. = write down describe in writing, אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ כ׳ Judges 18:4, 6, 8 (3 times in verse); Judges 18:9.
3. = register enroll Isaiah 10:19 (= record the number), 1 Chronicles 24:6; especially passive הַכְּתוּבִים Numbers 11:26 those enrolled compare Nehemiah 12:22; בְּשֵׁמוֺת הַכּ׳ 1 Chronicles 4:41 those recorded by name; in prediction, אֶתהָֿאִישׁ כ׳ הַזֶּה עֲרִירִי Jeremiah 22:30 register this man as childless; with eschatological reference, כָּלהַֿכָּתוּב לַחַיִּים Isaiah 4:3 all those enrolled (i.e. appointed) unto life; and, more explicitly, כָּלהַֿנִּמְצָא כָּתוּב בַּסֵּפֶר Daniel 12:1; עַפִּים בִּכְתוֺב עַמִּים י׳ Psalm 87:6 י׳ shall reckon, when he registers (note absence of suffix) the peoples, etc.
4. = decree, תִּכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֺת Job 13:26 thou (י׳) decrest against me bitter things.
†Niph. (chiefly late, especially Esther), Imperfect יִכָּתֵב Esther 1:19 +, 3rd person feminine singular תִּכָּ֫תֶב זֹאת Psalm 102:19; 3rd person masculine plural יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Jeremiah 17:13 + 3 times, יִכָּֽתְבוּן Job 19:23; Participle נִכְתָּב Esther 3:12 + 2 times; —
1. be written, subject words Job 19:23, book Malachi 3:16; be written בְּסֵפֶר Esther 2:23; Esther 9:23, in, or among ב the laws Esther 1:19; once, with עַלֿ, עַלסִֿפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Psalm 139:16 in thy י׳'s book all of them (my members) are written, i.e. written down, recorded (see below); absolute כְּתָב אֲשֶׁר נִכְתָּב בְּשֵׁם הַמֶּלֶךְ Esther 8:8 a writing which is written in the king's name, compare (impersonal) Esther 3:12; impersonal also וַיִּכָּתֵב כְּכָלאֲֿשֶׁר צִוָּה Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; יִכָּ׳ followed by לְ = for Psalm 102:19; followed by לְ + infinitive (really = a subject-cl., — the contents of the letter) Esther 3:9; Esther 8:5.
2. be written down, recorded, Ezra 8:34; enrolled, בִּכְתָב בית ישׂראל לֹא יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Ezekiel 13:9 in the enrolement of the house of Israel they are not enrolled (eschatological); וְעִםצַֿדִּיקִים אַליִֿכָּתֵ֑בוּ Psalm 69:29 (|| חַיִּים יִמָּחוּ מִסֵּפֶר) — בָּאָרֶץ יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Jeremiah 17:13 is difficult; Gie reads, plausibly, מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ (compare Psalm 34:17; Psalm 101:8, etc.)
Pi. frequently, Perfect and Participle, only כִּתֵּ֑בוּוּמְכַתְּבִים עָמָל Isaiah 10:1 and busy writers that make a business of writing oppression (i.e. register unjust sentences, compare Qal 4; || הַחֹקֲקִים חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3790.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

24:4; 24:12; 31:18; 31:18; 32:15; 32:32; 34:1; 34:27; 34:27; 39:30; 39:30

Numbers

11:26

Deuteronomy

6:9; 6:9; 9:10; 9:10; 10:4; 11:20; 11:20; 17:18; 17:18; 24:1; 24:1; 24:1; 27:3; 31:9; 31:24

Joshua

1:8; 8:32; 18:8; 24:26

Judges

8:14; 18:4; 18:6; 18:8; 18:9

2 Samuel

1:18; 11:14; 11:14

1 Kings

11:41; 11:41; 15:7; 21:9

2 Kings

10:1; 10:1; 10:6; 22:13

1 Chronicles

4:41; 24:6

2 Chronicles

9:29; 24:27; 30:1; 30:1; 32:17; 33:19; 34:24; 35:25

Ezra

4:7; 8:34

Nehemiah

10:1; 12:22

Esther

1:19; 1:19; 2:23; 3:9; 3:12; 3:12; 3:12; 8:5; 8:5; 8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 9:13; 9:20; 9:23

Job

13:26; 19:23; 19:23

Psalms

34:17; 40:8; 69:29; 87:6; 101:8; 102:19; 102:19; 139:16

Proverbs

3:3; 3:3; 7:3

Isaiah

4:3; 8:1; 8:1; 8:1; 10:1; 10:19; 30:8; 44:5; 44:5

Jeremiah

17:1; 17:13; 17:13; 22:30; 32:12; 32:44; 36:2; 36:2; 36:2; 36:6; 36:18; 36:28; 36:32; 36:32; 38:6; 38:6; 38:17; 38:27; 45:1; 45:1; 51:60

Ezekiel

2:10; 2:10; 2:10; 13:9; 37:16

Daniel

12:1

Hosea

8:12

Malachi

3:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3789 matches the Hebrew כָּתַב (kāṯaḇ),
which occurs 224 times in 212 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Est 6:2–Jer 51:60)

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written, H3789 that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written H3789 to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote H3789 to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Write H3789 ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written H3789 in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written H3789 according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote H3789 in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mordecai wrote H3789 these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written H3789 unto them;
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote H3789 with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written H3789 in the book.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written H3789 in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:26 - For thou writest H3789 bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - Oh that my words were now written! H3789 oh that they were printed in a book!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written H3789 a book.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written H3789 of me,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 - Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written H3789 with the righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:6 - The LORD shall count, when he writeth up H3789 the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - This shall be written H3789 for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, H3789 which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9 - To execute upon them the judgment written: H3789 this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write H3789 them upon the table of thine heart:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:3 - Bind them upon thy fingers, write H3789 them upon the table of thine heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:20 - Have not I written H3789 to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written H3789 was upright, even words of truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3 - And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written H3789 among the living in Jerusalem:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:1 - Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write H3789 in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write H3789 grievousness which they have prescribed; H3789
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:19 - And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write H3789 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go, write H3789 it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:5 - One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe H3789 with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - Behold, it is written H3789 before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:1 - The sin of Judah is written H3789 with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written H3789 in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:30 - Thus saith the LORD, Write H3789 ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written H3789 in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:2 - Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write H3789 thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33 - But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write H3789 it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - And I subscribed H3789 the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed H3789 the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe H3789 evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - Take thee a roll of a book, and write H3789 therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:4 - Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote H3789 from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written H3789 from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17 - And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write H3789 all these words at his mouth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:18 - Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote H3789 them with ink in the book.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27 - Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote H3789 at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:28 - Take thee again another roll, and write H3789 in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written H3789 therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 - Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote H3789 therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:1 - The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written H3789 these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:60 - So Jeremiah wrote H3789 in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written H3789 against Babylon.

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