כְּתָב katav

Hebrew word for “writing” · Strong’s H3791 · used 17 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) a writing, document, edict;

How it is translated

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

• writing 13
• document 2
• documents 1
• register 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 8 (3), Esther 3 (2), 1 Chronicles 28 (1), 2 Chronicles 2 (1), 2 Chronicles 35 (1), Ezra 2 (1), Ezra 4 (1), Nehemiah 7 (1), Esther 1 (1), Esther 4 (1)

Forms

• בכתב 4
• ככתבה 3
• כתבם 2
• הכתב 2
• כתב 2
• ככתבם 2
• וכתב 1
• ובכתב 1

Words used with it

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

• מְדִינָה medinah “province” 5
• פַּתְשֶׁגֶן patshegen “copy” 3
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 5
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 4
• דָּת dat “law” 3
• אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן achashdarpan “satrap” 2
• עָתִיד atid “ready” 2
• סָפִר sapher “scribe” 2
• לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 3
• גָּאַל gaal “to defile” 2
• כְּהֻנָּה kehunnah “priesthood” 2
• יָחַשׂ yachas “to enroll” 2

Key verses

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

• 1 Chronicles 28:19 — All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
• 2 Chronicles 2:11 — Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
• Ezra 2:62 — These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
• Ezra 4:7 — And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the…
• Esther 1:22 — For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every…
• Esther 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s…
• Esther 4:8 — Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to…
• Esther 8:8 — Write 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 in the king’s name, and…
• Esther 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…
• Esther 9:27 — The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep…
• 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 10:21 — But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

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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.