Writing
מִכְתָּבStrong’s H4385mikhtav (mikh-tav)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mikhtav is the Hebrew word usually translated “writing”, “writing of” and “inscription of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.”
Meaning
- Writing, thing writtenhandwriting · thing written · writing
How it's translated
- a writing 2
- in writing 2
- and the writing 1
- writing of 1
- an inscription of 1
- like the writing 1
- and by writing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Exodus 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Ezra 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 39:30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Deuteronomy 10:4And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
- 2 Chronicles 21:12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
- Ezra 1:1Now 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, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Hebrew dictionary
מִכְתָּב mikhtav · writing
1) writing, thing written 1a) handwriting 1b) thing written 1c) writing
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.