Miktâb — H4385

Definition

masculine noun

a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)

1. writing, thing written
1. handwriting
2. thing written
3. writing

Usually translated as

writing

Origin

from H3789

• Derived from Kâthab (H3789)

Greek equivalents

• graptós (G1123)

Occurrences

Miktâb occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Ezra (1), Isaiah (1)

• Exodus 32:16 — And the tables were the work of God, and the writing (וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב) was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
• Exodus 32:16 — And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing (מִכְתַּ֤ב) of God, graven upon the tables.
• Exodus 39:30 — And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing (מִכְתַּב֙), like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
• Deuteronomy 10:4 — And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing (כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב), 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 21:12 — And there came a writing (מִכְתָּ֔ב) 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 35:4 — And 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 (וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב) of Solomon his son.
• 2 Chronicles 36:22 — Now 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 (בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב), saying,
• Ezra 1:1 — Now 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 (בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב), saying,
• Isaiah 38:9 — The writing (מִכְתָּ֖ב) of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: