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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

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, all H3605 the [fn]details H4399 of this pattern.” H8403

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - Then Huram, H2361 king H4428 of Tyre, H6865 [fn]answered H559 in a letter H3791 sent H7971 to Solomon: H8010 “Because the LORD H3068 loves H157 His people, H5971 He has made H5414 you king H4428 over H5921 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4 - “Prepare H3559 yourselves by your fathers’ H1 households H1004 in your divisions, H4256 according to the writing H3791 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and according to the writing H4385 of his son H1121 Solomon. H8010

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These H428 searched H1245 among their ancestral H3187 registration, H3791 H3187 but they could not be located; H4672 therefore they were considered unclean H1351 and excluded from the priesthood. H3550

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:7 - And in the days H3117 of [fn]Artaxerxes, H783 Bishlam, H1312 Mithredath, H4990 Tabeel H2870 and the rest H7605 of his colleagues H3674 wrote H3789 to Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia; H6539 and the [fn]text H3791 of the letter H5406 was written H3789 in Aramaic H762 and translated H8638 from Aramaic. H762

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These H428 searched H1245 among their ancestral H3187 registration, H3791 H3187 but it could not be located; H4672 therefore they were considered unclean H1351 and excluded from the priesthood. H3550

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - So he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces, H4082 to each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791 and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language, H3956 that every H3605 man H376 should be the master H8323 in his own house H1004 and the one who speaks H1696 in the language H3956 of his own people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month, H2320 and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king’s H4428 satraps, H323 to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082 and to the princes H8269 of each H5971 people, H5971 each H4082 province H4082 according to its script, H3791 each H5971 people H5971 according to its language, H3956 being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring. H2885

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy H6572 of the edict H3791 to be [fn]issued H5414 as law H1881 in every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 to all H3605 the peoples H5971 so that they should be ready H6264 for this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - He also gave H5414 him a copy H6572 of the text H3791 of the edict H1881 which H834 had been issued H5414 in Susa H7800 for their destruction, H8045 that he might show H7200 Esther H635 and inform H5046 her, and to order H6680 her to go H935 in to the king H4428 to implore H2603 his favor H2603 and to plead H1245 with him for her people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - “Now you write H3789 to the Jews H3064 [fn]as you see H5869 fit, H2896 in the king’s H4428 name, H8034 and seal H2856 it with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring; H2885 for a decree H3791 which H834 is written H3789 in the name H8034 of the king H4428 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885 may not be revoked.” H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were called H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan), H5510 on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 to the Jews, H3064 the satraps, H323 the governors H6346 and the princes H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Ethiopia, H3568 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces, H4082 to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script, H3791 and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956 as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language. H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy H6572 of the edict H3791 to be [fn]issued H5414 as law H1881 in each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 to all H3605 the peoples, H5971 so that the Jews H3064 would be ready H6264 for this H2088 day H3117 to avenge H5358 themselves on their enemies. H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews H3064 established H6965 and [fn]made H6901 a custom H6901 for themselves and for their [fn]descendants H2233 and for all H3605 those who allied H3867 themselves with them, so that [fn]they would not fail H5674 to celebrate H6213 these H428 two H8147 days H3117 according to their [fn]regulation H3791 and according to their appointed H2163 time H2165 annually. H3605 H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - “So My hand H3027 will be against H413 the prophets H5030 who see H7200 false H7723 visions H7723 and utter H7080 lying H3577 divinations. H7080 They will [fn]have H1961 no H3808 place H1961 in the council H5475 of My people, H5971 nor H3808 will they be written H3789 down H3789 in the register H3791 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 nor H3808 will they enter H935 the land H127 of Israel, H3478 [fn]that you may know H3045 that I am the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - “However, H61 I will tell H5046 you what is inscribed H7559 in the writing H3791 of truth. H571 Yet there H369 is no H369 one H259 who [fn]stands H2388 firmly H2388 with me against H5921 these H428 forces except H3588 H518 Michael H4317 your prince. H8269
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