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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Cursive writing; a handwritten document or manuscript.

2. (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

3. (n.) An original instrument or document.

4. (n.) Written characters; style of writing.

Strong's Hebrew

3791. kethab -- a writing
... 3790, 3791. kethab. 3792 . a writing. Transliteration: kethab Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-thawb') Short Definition: script. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/3791.htm - 6k

Library

Editor's Preface
... The cuneiform script was an inheritance from the non-Semitic predecessors of the
Semites in Babylonia, and in this script the characters represented words as ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 1/editors preface.htm

The Old Testament and Archeology
... those seen everywhere on the obelisks and ruined temples of the land; adjoining
these below are thirty-two lines of another species of script, while at the ...
/.../the christian view of the old testament/chapter iv the old testament.htm

Thoughts Upon the Appearance of Christ the Sun of Righteousness ...
... In the Syriack [image of syriack script] The rising of the Lord shall be for glory.
In Arabick, [image of arabick script] The Lord shall rise as the sun. ...
/.../private thoughts upon a christian life/thoughts upon the appearance of.htm

Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
... [3193] Credib., iii. 463. [3194] Cat. Script. Eccl., lxxix. f. 121, Bened. ed. tom. ...
f. 656. [3196] ie, ad 326. [3197] Cat. Script. Eccl., lxxx. f. 121, ep. 83. ...
/.../introductory notice to arnobius.htm

The Naturalness of Prayer
... Redemption. It "arrives." It is read in a new script. The soul's conflict
is found in a prelude in it. This may disturb our pagan joy. ...
/.../forsyth/the soul of prayer/chapter ii the naturalness of.htm

Next Day among his Letters were Two of Value in the History of ...
... This latter one gave him the greater satisfaction. It conveyed, in formal script,
the following message: "TO ONE SEEKING WISDOM IN PRAYER. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 15 next day among.htm

Most Hostile and Alien to the Apostolic Confession are those who ...
... [271] Edited in Latin by Gerardus Vossius, Opp. Greg. Thaum., Paris, 1662, in fol.;
given in Greek from the Codex Vaticanus by Cardinal Mai, Script. Vet., vii. ...
/.../section i most hostile and.htm

Fragment iv. --On the Sojourning of Christ with Us.
... Footnotes: [2363] A fragment from the homily. Ex Leontio Hierosolymitano, contra
Monophysitas, Ap. Mai. Script. Vet., tom. vii. p. 134. ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/fragment iv on the sojourning of.htm

Fragment vi. --Of the Soul and Body.
... of God. Footnotes: [2382] Ex Leontii et Joannis Rer. Sacr., lib. ii. Apud
Mai, Script. Vet., tom. vii. p. 85. From his demonstration ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/fragment vi of the soul and.htm

Fragment vii. --Fragment.
... the long-suffering of God. Footnotes: [2384] Ex Leontio et Joanne Rer.
Sacr., lib. ii. Apud Mai, Script. Vet., tom. vii. p. 96. ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/fragment vii fragment.htm

Thesaurus

Script (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An original instrument or document. 4. (n.) Written characters; style
of writing. Multi-Version Concordance Script (5 Occurrences). ...
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Aramaic (12 Occurrences)
... SYRIAN in the Revised Version (British and American)): 1. Early Notices of Aramaic
in Scripture 2. Extra-Biblical Evidences of Aramaic 3. The Script of Aramaic ...
/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Samaritan (8 Occurrences)
... CODICES AND SCRIPT 1. Nablus Roll 2. The Script 3. Peculiarities of Writing 4. The
Tarikh 5. The Mode of Pronunciation 6. Age of the Nablus Roll III. ...
/s/samaritan.htm - 42k

Arabic
... The script which we know as Arabic script, with its numerous varieties, developed
out of the vulgar Aramaic alphabet in North Arabia; diacritical points were ...
/a/arabic.htm - 17k

Ethiopic
... At the time of King `Ezana the knowledge of the Sabean language seems to
have been very little; but Sabean script was still used. ...
/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)
... BABYLONIA. bab-i-lo'-ni-a 1. Mounds 2. Explorations 3. Names 4. Semites 5. Sumerians
6. Home of the Semites 7. Immigration 8. Language 9. Script 10. ...
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Scrip (7 Occurrences)
... Version has "scrip" in 1 Samuel 17:40 and 6 times in New Testament; the English
Revised Version has "wallet" in the New Testament, but retains "script" in 1 ...
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Elamarna
... Physical Character II. EPIGRAPHICAL VALUE 1. Peculiar Cuneiform Script
2. Method of Writing Proper Names III. PHILOLOGICAL VALUE ...
/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... Physical Character II. EPIGRAPHICAL VALUE 1. Peculiar Cuneiform Script
2. Method of Writing Proper Names III. PHILOLOGICAL VALUE ...
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El-amarna
... Physical Character II. EPIGRAPHICAL VALUE 1. Peculiar Cuneiform Script
2. Method of Writing Proper Names III. PHILOLOGICAL VALUE ...
/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Bible Concordance

Script (5 Occurrences)

Ezra 4:7 In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian language.
(See NIV)

Esther 1:22 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written, according to all that Haman commanded, unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, even to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 8:1 And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Script

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Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

Samaritan (8 Occurrences)

Arabic

Ethiopic

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)

Scrip (7 Occurrences)

Elamarna

Tablets (31 Occurrences)