Inscription
כְּתָבStrong’s H3792ketav (ke-tav)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ketav is the Aramaic word usually translated “writing the”, “according to writing of” and “writing”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Meaning
- A writingwriting, inscription · written decree, written requirement
How it's translated
- writing the 9
- according to writing of 1
- writing 1
- and writing the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 10
- Ezra 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 5:8In contextThen came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 5:15In contextAnd now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
- Daniel 5:16In contextAnd I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- Daniel 5:17In contextThen Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
- Daniel 5:24In contextThen was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
- Daniel 5:25In contextAnd this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Aramaic dictionary
כְּתָב ketav · inscription
1) a writing 1a) writing, inscription 1b) written decree, written requirement
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “inscription” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSCRIP'TION, noun
[Latin inscriptio. See Inscribe.]
- Something written or engraved to communicate knowledge to after ages; any character, word, line or sentence written or engraved on a solid substance for duration; as inscriptions on monuments, called epitaphs, on pillars, etc.
- A title.
- An address or consignment of a book to a person, as a mark of respect, or an invitation of patronage.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.