Strong's Lexicon

H3792

H3792 — כְּתָב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Aramaickthabnoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 2805a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3792
Word:	כְּתָב
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H3791
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	kthab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	keth-awb'
Meaning:	1. prescribing, writing(-ten)
KJV Renderings:	Not listed

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BDB9629

כְּתָב noun masculine^{Dan 5:7} writing ; — absolute כְּתָ֑ב Ezra 7:22 ( Baer כְּתַב, but see K^{§ 57 near the end} Str); construct ׳ כ Ezra 6:18 emphatic כְּתָבָא Dan 5:8 +, הָ֯ Dan 5:7; Dan 5:15 —

1. writing, inscription (on wall) Dan 5:7; Dan 5:8; Dan 5:15; Dan 5:16; Dan 5:17; Dan 5:24; Dan 5:25.

a. written decree Dan 6:9; Dan 6:10; Dan 6:11.

b. written requirement Ezra 6:18 ; Ezra 7:22 .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כתב (k’thahv)

Ezra 6:18

KJV: And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.as it is…: Chaldee, according to the writing

EHCC: 08 it is wriffen in the book of Moses,

Ezra 7:22

KJV: Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.measures: Chaldee, cors

EHCC: and salt without prescribing (how much).

Daniel 5:7

KJV: The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.aloud: Chaldee, with mightscarlet: or, purple

EHCC: Whosoever shall read this writing,

Daniel 6:8

KJV: Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.altereth not: Chaldee, passeth not

EHCC: (9 .the decree, and sign the writing.