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Lexicon :: Strong's H4385 - miḵtāḇ

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מִכְתָּב
Transliteration
miḵtāḇ
Pronunciation
mik-tawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1053c

Strong’s Definitions

מִכְתָּב miktâb, mik-tawb'; from H3789; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem):—writing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4385 in the following manner: writing (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H4385 in the following manner: writing (9x).

  1. writing, thing written

    1. handwriting

    2. thing written

    3. writing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִכְתָּב miktâb, mik-tawb'; from H3789; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem):—writing.
STRONGS H4385: Abbreviations
† מִכְתָּב noun masculine 2 Chronicles 21:12 writing; — absolute מ׳ Deuteronomy 10:4 + 5 times; construct מִכְתַּב Exodus 32:16 + 2 times; —
1. = handwriting וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא Exodus 32:16.
2. = thing written, Exodus 39:30 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with כָּתַב), Deuteronomy 10:4; specifically a royal enactment or edict (= כְּתָב כתם 4), 2 Chronicles 35:4 || כְּתָב, 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; a prophetic writing 2 Chronicles 21:12.
3. in a title, לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מ׳ Isaiah 38:9 Writing of Hezekiah.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

32:16; 32:16; 39:30

Deuteronomy

10:4; 10:4

2 Chronicles

21:12; 21:12; 35:4; 36:22

Ezra

1:1

Isaiah

38:9

H4385

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4385 matches the Hebrew מִכְתָּב (miḵtāḇ),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:16 - The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 - They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 - And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments[fn] that the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:12 - And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:4 - Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:9 - A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
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