Kâthab — H3789

H3789 · Hebrew — כתב

Pronunciation: kaw-thab'

Definition

verb

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

  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

Usually translated as

written, write, describe, subscribe, writing, record, prescribe

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Kâthab occurs 223 times in 212 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (10), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (22), Joshua (11), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (16), 2 Kings (30), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (27), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (10), Esther (14), Job (3), Psalms (6), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (20), Ezekiel (6), Daniel (3), Hosea (1), Habakkuk (1), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — K