Writing
כְּתָבStrong’s H3791katav (ka-tav)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Katav is the Hebrew word usually translated “according to writing its”, “document their” and “writing”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.”
Meaning
- A writing, document, edictregister, enrolment, roll · mode of writing, character, letter · letter, document, a writing · a written edict
How it's translated
- according to writing its 3
- document their 2
- the writing 2
- according to writing their 2
- in writing 1
- in a document 1
- by writing of 1
- and writing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 8
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Ezra 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 28:19All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- 2 Chronicles 2:11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
- 2 Chronicles 35:4And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
- Ezra 2:62These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
- Ezra 4:7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
- Nehemiah 7:64These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Hebrew dictionary
כְּתָב katav · writing
1) a writing, document, edict 1a) register, enrolment, roll 1b) mode of writing, character, letter 1c) letter, document, a writing 1d) a written edict 1d1) of royal enactment 1d2) of divine authority Aramaic equivalent: ke.tav (כְּתָב "inscription" H3792)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “writing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WRITING, participle present
tense
- Forming, as characters, with a pen, style or graver.
- adjective Used or intended for writing; as writing paper.
All definitions and other forms of “writing”
WRITING, noun
- The act or art of forming letters and characters, on paper, wood, stone or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and the words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.
- Any thing written or expressed in letters; hence, any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, etc.
- A book; any written composition; a pamphlet; as the writings of Addison.
- An inscription. John 19:19
- Writings, plural conveyances of lands; deeds; or any official papers.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.