כָּתַב katav

Hebrew word for “to write” · Strong’s H3789 · used 224 times in 212 verses

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Meaning

1) to write, record, enrol;

How it is translated

Glosses given for katav in context, with how often each is used:

• written 87
• wrote 27
• will write 16
• what is written 16
• write 14
• thing written 7
• inscribed 5
• wrote down 4
• recorded 4
• have written 3
• write down 3
• had written 3

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 36 (9), 2 Kings 15 (7), Deuteronomy 31 (4), Joshua 18 (4), 1 Kings 16 (4), 2 Kings 14 (4), 2 Kings 23 (4), 2 Chronicles 35 (4), Esther 8 (4), Esther 9 (4)

Forms

• כתובים 51
• ויכתב 25
• ככתוב 16
• כתב 15
• כתוב 13
• וכתב 8
• הכתוב 8
• כתבים 6
• כתובה 6
• תכתב 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 112
• דָּבָר davar “word” 93
• יֶתֶר yeter “remainder” 43
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 34
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 44
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 35
• לוּחַ luach “tablet” 15
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 24
• אַחֲרוֹן acharon “last” 12
• רִאשׁוֹן rishon “first” 15
• גְּבוּרָה gevurah “might” 11
• זֹאת zot “this” 17

Key verses

The verses using katav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek…
• Exodus 32:32 — Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Joshua 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is…
• 2 Kings 23:3 — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes…
• Isaiah 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
• Jeremiah 17:13 — O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the…
• Jeremiah 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…
• Jeremiah 36:2 — Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from…
• Ezekiel 13:9 — And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written…
• Daniel 12:1 — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.