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Strong's Number H3789

כָּתַב
kathab · kaw-thab'
Transliteration:
kathab{kaw-thab'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
1053
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Usage in the KJV:
write 38, describe 6, subscribe 4, recorded 1, write up 1

Total: 223
Occurs 224 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. to write, record, enrol
    1. (Qal)
      1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
      2. to write down, describe in writing
      3. to register, enrol, record
      4. to decree
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be written
      2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
    3. (Piel) to continue writing
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament