Word

כְּתָב

kᵉthâb · H3792 · Aramaic · 12 occurrences

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Meanings

writing, written message

A written document, written on an unspecified surface

Examples
Ezra 6:18 Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.
Daniel 5:7 The king called aloud to bring in the sorcerers, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king began speaking and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Anyone who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom.”
Daniel 5:8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

סְפַרbook 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

4 occurrences in 2 groups

דֵּןthis 3
רְשַׁםsign 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

רְשַׁםsign 2

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 2 groups

קְרָאcall 5
רְשַׁםsign 2

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

דֵּןthis 1
לָאnot 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

סֵפֶר çêpher · H5612 · scroll, book, letter: Both words denote written documents or records: כְּתָב covers "writing, written [document]" and סֵפֶר covers "book, scroll, document", in the area of written materials.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Write002001001072: Ezra 6:18 recounts that the priests and Levites were appointed to their divisions, “as it is written in the Book of Moses.”
Languages002004001009003: Daniel 5:8 recounts that “all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.”
Scrolls001003001001014: Daniel 6:9 recounts that “King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.”

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כָּתַב kâthab · H3789 · to write down, to write, to inscribe · 223×כָּתָב kâthâb · H3791 · record, writing system, script · 17×כְּתָבkᵉthâb · H3792מִכְתָּב miktâb · H4385 · writing, written message, inscription · 9×כְּתַב kᵉthab · H3790 · write · 8×כְּתֹבֶת kᵉthôbeth · H3793 · incision, tattoo, scar · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3792. kethab כְּתָב noun masculineDan 5:7 writing ; — absolute כְּתָ֑ב Ezr 7:22 (Baer…

H3792. kethab
כְּתָב noun masculineDan 5:7 writing ; — absolute כְּתָ֑ב Ezr 7:22 (Baer כְּתַב, but see K§ 57 near the end Str); construct ׳כ Ezr 6:18; emphatic כְּתָבָאDan 5:8 +, הָ֯ Dan 5:7, Dan 5:15; —
1 writing, inscription (on wall) Dan 5:7-8, Dan 5:15, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:17, Dan 5:24, Dan 5:25.
2. a. written decree Dan 6:9; Dan 6:10; Dan 6:11.
b. written requirement Ezr 6:18; Ezr 7:22.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0