Strong's Lexicon

H3799

H3799 — כָּתַם

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

Hebrewkathamverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1055

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3799
Word:כָּתַם
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:katham
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-tham'
Meaning:1. (properly) to carve or engrave 2. (by implication) to inscribe indelibly
KJV Renderings:mark.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4247

[כָּתַם] verb only Niph`al be stained (Late Hebrew Niph`al id. ( Jastr); כֶּתֶם blood-stain; ᵑ7 כְּתִים (blood-)stained Isa 1:18 כִּיתְמָא blood-stain Jer 2:22 Syriac [untranscribed source text 2686] stain, defile, Participle, also Pa`el, Ethpa`al, and derive.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2687] is cover, conceal, so Assyrian katâmu ; Zinjirli כתם (?) DHMSendsch. P. 37 ); —

Niph`al Participle, figurative, נִכְתָּם עֲוֺנֵךְ לְפָנַי Jer 2:22 stained is thine iniquity before me (compare English phrase iniquity of deepest dye).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כתם (kah-tham’)

Jeremiah 2:22

KJV: For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
EHCC: thine iniquity is marked before me,
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