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Lexicon :: Strong's H3791 - kᵊṯāḇ

Aa
כְּתָב
Transliteration
kᵊṯāḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-thawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1053a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּתָב kâthâb, kaw-thawb'; from H3789; something written, i.e. a writing, record or book:—register, scripture, writing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H3791 in the following manner: writing (14x), register (2x), scripture (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H3791 in the following manner: writing (14x), register (2x), scripture (1x).

  1. a writing, document, edict

    1. register, enrolment, roll

    2. mode of writing, character, letter

    3. letter, document, a writing

    4. a written edict

      1. of royal enactment

      2. of divine authority

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּתָב kâthâb, kaw-thawb'; from H3789; something written, i.e. a writing, record or book:—register, scripture, writing.
STRONGS H3791: Abbreviations
† כְּתָב noun masculineEzra 4:7 writing (late Aramaic; Biblical Aramaic כְּתָב Syriac bdb050801); — כ׳ absolute 1 Chronicles 28:19 + 4 times; construct Ezekiel 13:9 + 4 times; suffix כְּתָבָהּ Esther 1:22 + 2 times; כְּתָבָם Ezra 2:62 + 3 times; — writing:
1. register, enrolement, Ezekiel 13:9; Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64.
2. = mode of writing, character, letter, הִנִּשְׁתְּוָן כָּתוּב אֲרָמִית וּכ׳ Ezra 4:7 and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic (characters; so probably, see BeRy Ryle, compare Late Hebrew HoffmZAW i.(1881), 334 ff.); compare Esther 1:22; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9 (twice in verse).
3. = letter, 2 Chron 2:10; Esther 9:27.
4. of a royal enactment, edict 2 Chronicles 35:4 (|| מִכְתָּב), Esther 3:14; Esther 8:8, 13; more fully כְּתָבהַֿדָּת Esther 4:8.
5. of a writing with divine authority 1 Chronicles 28:19; אֱמֶת כ׳ Daniel 10:21, i.e. a book of truth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

28:19; 28:19

2 Chronicles

2:10; 35:4

Ezra

2:62; 2:62; 4:7; 4:7

Nehemiah

7:64

Esther

1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 3:14; 4:8; 8:8; 8:9; 8:13; 9:27

Ezekiel

13:9; 13:9

Daniel

10:21

H3791

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3791 matches the Hebrew כְּתָב (kᵊṯāḇ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:19 - All H3605 this, said David, the LORD H3068 made me understand H7919 in writing H3791 by his hand H3027 upon me, H5921 even all H3605 the works H4399 of this pattern. H8403

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - Then H559➔ Huram H2361 the king H4428 of Tyre H6865 answered ➔H559 in writing, H3791 which he sent H7971 to H413 Solomon, H8010 Because H160➔ the LORD H3068 hath loved ➔H160 his people, H5971 he hath made thee H5414 king H4428 over them. H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4 - And prepare H3559 yourselves by the houses H1004 of your fathers, H1 after your courses, H4256 according to the writing H3791 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 and according to the writing H4385 of Solomon H8010 his son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These H428 sought H1245 their register H3791 among those that were reckoned by genealogy, H3187 but H3808➔ they were H4672➔ not ➔H3808 found: ➔H4672 therefore were they, as polluted, H1351 put from H4480 the priesthood. H3550

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:7 - And in the days H3117 of Artaxerxes H783 wrote H3789 Bishlam, H1312 Mithredath, H4990 Tabeel, H2870 and the rest H7605 of their companions, H3674 unto H5921 Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia; H6539 and the writing H3791 of the letter H5406 was written H3789 in the Syrian tongue, H762 and interpreted H8638 in the Syrian tongue. H762

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These H428 sought H1245 their register H3791 among those that were reckoned by genealogy, H3187 but H3808➔ it was H4672➔ not ➔H3808 found: ➔H4672 therefore were they, as polluted, put H1351 from H4480 the priesthood. H3550

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - For he sent H7971 letters H5612 into H413 all H3605 the king's H4428 provinces, H4082 into H413 every province H4082 H4082 according to the writing thereof, H3791 and to H413 every people H5971 H5971 after their language, H3956 that H1961➔ every H3605 man H376 should bear ➔H1961 rule H8323 in his own house, H1004 and that it should be published H1696 according to the language H3956 of every people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then were H7121➔ the king's H4428 scribes H5608 called ➔H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of H2320➔ the first H7223 month, ➔H2320 and there was written H3789 according to all H3605 that H834 Haman H2001 had commanded H6680 unto H413 the king's H4428 lieutenants, H323 and to H413 the governors H6346 that H834 were over H5921 every province, H4082 H4082 and to H413 the rulers H8269 of every people H5971 H5971 of every province H4082 H4082 according to the writing thereof, H3791 and to every people H5971 H5971 after their language; H3956 in the name H8034 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was it written, H3789 and sealed H2856 with H2885➔ the king's H4428 ring. ➔H2885

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 unto all H3605 people, H5971 that they should be H1961 ready H6264 against H3117➔ that H2088 day. ➔H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Also H853 he gave H5414 him the copy H6572 of the writing H3791 of the decree H1881 that H834 was given H5414 at Shushan H7800 to destroy them, H8045 to shew H7200 it unto Esther, H635 and to declare H5046 it unto her, and to charge H6680 her H5921 that she should go in H935 unto H413 the king, H4428 to make supplication H2603 unto him, and to make request H1245 before him H6440 for H5921 her people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Write H3789 ye also H859 for H5921 the Jews, H3064 as it liketh H2896 you, H5869 in H8034➔ the king's H4428 name, ➔H8034 and seal H2856 it with H2885➔ the king's H4428 ring: ➔H2885 for H3588 the writing H3791 which H834 is written H3789 in H8034➔ the king's H4428 name, ➔H8034 and sealed H2856 with H2885➔ the king's H4428 ring, ➔H2885 may H7725➔ no man H369 reverse. ➔H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then were H7121➔ the king's H4428 scribes H5608 called ➔H7121 at H6256➔ that H1931 time ➔H6256 in H2320➔ the third H7992 month, ➔H2320 that H1931 is, the month H2320 Sivan, H5510 on the three H7969 and twentieth H6242 day thereof; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that H834 Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 unto H413 the Jews, H3064 and to H413 the lieutenants, H323 and the deputies H6346 and rulers H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 are from India H1912 unto H5704 Ethiopia, H3568 an hundred H3967➔ twenty H6242 and ➔H3967 seven H7651 provinces, H4082 H4082 unto every province H4082 according to the writing thereof, H3791 and unto every people H5971 H5971 after their language, H3956 and to H413 the Jews H3064 according to their writing, H3789 and according to their language. H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 unto all H3605 people, H5971 and that H1961➔ the Jews H3064 should be ➔H1961 ready H6264 against H3117➔ that H2088 day ➔H3117 to avenge themselves H5358 on their enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - The Jews H3064 ordained, H6965 and took H6901 upon them, H5921 and upon H5921 their seed, H2233 and upon H5921 all H3605 such as joined themselves H3867 unto them, H5921 so as H3808➔ it should H5674➔ not ➔H3808 fail, ➔H5674 that they would H1961 keep H6213 these H428 two H8147 days H3117 according to their writing, H3791 and according to their H2165➔ appointed time ➔H2165 every H3605 year; H8141 H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - And H1961➔ mine hand H3027 shall be ➔H1961 upon H413 the prophets H5030 that see H2374 vanity, H7723 and that divine H7080 lies: H3577 they shall H1961➔ not H3808 be ➔H1961 in the assembly H5475 of my people, H5971 neither H3808 shall they be written H3789 in the writing H3791 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 neither H3808 shall they enter H935 into H413 the land H127 of Israel; H3478 and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the Lord H136 GOD. H3069

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - But H61 I will shew H5046 thee that which is noted H7559 in the scripture H3791 of truth: H571 and there is none H369 H259 that holdeth H2388 with me H5973 in H5921 these things, H428 but H3588 H518 Michael H4317 your prince. H8269
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