The meaning of “כָּתַב”
Understanding kâthab reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten). - to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, pre...
כָּתַב
describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten). - to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) 1) to write, record, enrol 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on 1a2) to write down, describe in writing 1a3) to register, enrol, record 1a4) to decree 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be written 1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled 1c) (Piel) to continue writing
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 32:32 | “Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.” Word: כָּתַב (kâthab) | |
| 1 Samuel 10:25 | “Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.” Word: כָּתַב (kâthab) | |
| 2 Chronicles 30:5 | “So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.” Word: כָּתַב (kâthab) | |
| Psalms 102:18 | “This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.” Word: כָּתַב (kâthab) | |
| Ezekiel 37:16 | “Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:” Word: כָּתַב (kâthab) |
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