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Lexicon :: Strong's H3799 - kāṯam

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כָּתַם
Transliteration
kāṯam
Pronunciation
kaw-tham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1055

Strong’s Definitions

כָּתַם kâtham, kaw-tham'; a primitive root; properly, to carve or engrave, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe indelibly:—mark.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H3799 in the following manner: marked (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H3799 in the following manner: marked (1x).

  1. (Niphal) to be stained, be defiled, be deeply stained

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּתַם kâtham, kaw-tham'; a primitive root; properly, to carve or engrave, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe indelibly:—mark.
STRONGS H3799: Abbreviations
† [כָּתַם] verb only Niph. be stained (Late Hebrew Niph. id. (Jastr); כֶּתֶם blood-stain; Targum כְּתִים (blood-)stained Isaiah 1:18; כִּיתְמָא blood-stain Jeremiah 2:22; Syriac bdb050804 stain, defile, Participle, also Pa. Ethpa., and derivative; Arabic bdb050805 is cover, conceal, so Assyrian katâmu; Zinjirli כתם (?) DHMSendsch. P. 37); —
Niph. Participle, figurative, נִכְתָּם עֲוֺנֵךְ לְפָנַי Jeremiah 2:22 stained is thine iniquity before me (compare English phrase iniquity of deepest dye).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

1:18

Jeremiah

2:22; 2:22

H3799

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3799 matches the Hebrew כָּתַם (kāṯam),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:22 - Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord GOD.
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