Hebrew word

kâthab

kaw-thab'

כָּתַב

What it means

to grave, by implication, to write

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

written132
write34
wrote34
describe4
described2
writest2
subscribe2
subscribed2

Every place it appears 215

Exodus17:14 24:4 24:12 31:18 32:15 34:1 34:27 34:28 39:30

Numbers5:23 11:26 17:2 17:3 33:2

Deuteronomy4:13 5:22 6:9 9:10 10:2 10:4 11:20 17:18 24:1 24:3 27:3 27:8 28:58 28:61 29:20 29:21 29:27 30:10 31:9 31:19 31:22 31:24

Joshua1:8 8:31 8:32 8:34 10:13 18:4 18:6 18:8 18:9 23:6 24:26

Judges8:14

1 Samuel10:25

2 Samuel1:18 11:14 11:15

1 Kings2:3 11:41 14:19 14:29 15:7 15:23 15:31 16:5 16:14 16:20 16:27 21:8 21:9 21:11 22:39 22:45

2 Kings1:18 8:23 10:1 10:6 10:34 12:19 13:8 13:12 14:6 14:15 14:18 14:28 15:6 15:11 15:15 15:21 15:26 15:31 15:36 16:19 17:37 20:20 21:17 21:25 22:13 23:3 23:21 23:24 23:28 24:5

1 Chronicles4:41 9:1 16:40 24:6 29:29

2 Chronicles9:29 12:15 13:22 16:11 20:34 23:18 24:27 25:4 25:26 26:22 27:7 28:26 30:1 30:5 30:18 31:3 32:17 32:32 33:19 34:21 34:24 34:31 35:12 35:25 35:26 35:27 36:8

Ezra3:2 3:4 4:6 4:7 8:34

Nehemiah6:6 8:14 9:38 10:34 10:36 12:22 12:23 13:1

Esther1:19 2:23 3:9 3:12 6:2 8:5 8:8 8:9 8:10 9:20 9:29 9:32 10:2

Job13:26 19:23 31:35

Psalms69:28 87:6 102:18 139:16 149:9

Proverbs3:3 7:3 22:20

Ecclesiastes12:10

Isaiah4:3 8:1 10:1 30:8 44:5 65:6

Jeremiah17:1 17:13 22:30 25:13 30:2 31:33 32:10 32:12 32:44 36:2 36:4 36:6 36:17 36:18 36:27 36:28 36:29 36:32 45:1 51:60

Ezekiel2:10 13:9 24:2 37:16 37:20 43:11

Daniel9:11 9:13 12:1

Hosea8:12

Habakkuk2:2

Malachi3:16

kâthab — Hebrew word meaning “to grave, by implication, to wr”