כְּתָב ketav

Hebrew word for “inscription” · Strong’s H3792 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) a writing; 1a) writing, inscription; 1b) written decree, written requirement

How it is translated

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

• writing the 10
• writing 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 5 (7), Daniel 6 (3), Ezra 6 (1), Ezra 7 (1)

Forms

• כתבא 7
• כתבה 2
• ככתב 1
• כתב 1
• וכתבא 1

Words used with it

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

• דִּי di “that” 9
• רְשַׁם resham “to sign” 5
• קְרָא qera “to read” 5
• דְּנָה denah “this” 6
• פְּשַׁר peshar “interpretation” 5
• יְדַע yeda “to know” 5
• עֲלַל alal “to come” 4
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 5
• קֳדָם qodam “before” 4
• לָא la “not” 4
• חַכִּים chakkim “wise” 3
• כְּעַן kean “now” 3

Key verses

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

• Ezra 6:18 — And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of…
• Ezra 7:22 — Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without…
• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall…
• Daniel 5:8 — Then came in all the king’s wise but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof:…
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the…
• Daniel 5:17 — Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and…
• Daniel 5:24 — Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
• Daniel 5:25 — And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
• Daniel 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
• Daniel 6:9 — Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
• Daniel 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees…

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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.