Strong's Lexicon

H4385

H4385 — מִכתָּב

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

Hebrewmiktabnoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 1053c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4385
Word:	מִכתָּב
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3789
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	miktab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mik-tawb'
Meaning:	1. a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
KJV Renderings:	writing.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4242

מִכְתָּב noun masculine^{2Chr 21:12} writing; — absolute ׳ מ Deut 10:4 + 5t.; construct מִכְתַּב Exod 32:16 + 2 t.; —

1. = handwriting וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא Exod 32:16.

2. = thing written, Exod 39:30 (accusative of cognate meaning with verb with כָּתַב), Deut 10:4 specifically a royal enactment or edict (= כְּתָב כתם 4.), 2Chr 35:4 || כְּתָב, 2Chr 36:22 = Ezra 1:1 a prophetic writing 2Chr 21:12.

3. in a title, לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ ׳ מ Isa 38:9 Writing of Hezekiah.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מכתב (mich-t)

Exodus 82:16

EHCC: and the writing (was) the writing of God,

Deuteronomy 10:4

KJV: And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, 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.commandments: Heb. words

EHCC: aceurding to the first writing,

2 Chronicles 21:12

KJV: And there came a writing 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,

EHCC: there came a writing to him

Ezra 1:1

KJV: 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, saying,made…: Heb. caused a voice to pass

EHCC: (put it) also in writing,

Isaiah 88:9

EHCC: Pre writing of Hezekiah