3792. kethab

Strong's Concordance

kethab: a writing

Original Word: כְּתָב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: kethab
Phonetic Spelling: (keth-awb')
Definition: a writing

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to kethab
Definition
a writing
NASB Translation
document (3), inscription (7), needed (1), written (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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

2. a. written decree Daniel 6:9; Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:11.

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

prescribing, writing

(Aramaic) corresponding to kathab -- prescribing, writing(-ten).

see HEBREW kathab

Forms and Transliterations

וּכְתָבָ֥א וכתבא כְּתָבָ֑א כְּתָבָ֖א כְּתָבָ֜א כְּתָבָ֣ה כְּתָבָא֙ כְתָֽב׃ כְתָבָ֖א כְתָבָ֤ה כִּכְתָ֖ב ככתב כתב׃ כתבא כתבה cheTav chetaVa chetaVah kə·ṯā·ḇā ḵə·ṯā·ḇā kə·ṯā·ḇāh ḵə·ṯā·ḇāh ḵə·ṯāḇ ḵəṯāḇ kəṯāḇā ḵəṯāḇā kəṯāḇāh ḵəṯāḇāh ketaVa ketaVah kichTav kiḵ·ṯāḇ kiḵṯāḇ ū·ḵə·ṯā·ḇā uchetaVa ūḵəṯāḇā

Englishman's Concordance

Ezra 6:18
HEB: דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם כִּכְתָ֖ב סְפַ֥ר מֹשֶֽׁה׃
NAS: in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book
KJV: which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book
INT: in Jerusalem is written the book of Moses

Ezra 7:22
HEB: דִּי־ לָ֥א כְתָֽב׃
NAS: of oil, and salt as needed.
KJV: without prescribing [how much].
INT: forasmuch without needed

Daniel 5:7
HEB: דִּֽי־ יִקְרֵ֞ה כְּתָבָ֣ה דְנָ֗ה וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙
NAS: this inscription and explain
KJV: this writing, and shew
INT: who read inscription this interpretation

Daniel 5:8
HEB: וְלָֽא־ כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּתָבָא֙ לְמִקְרֵ֔א [וּפִשְׁרָא
NAS: not read the inscription or make known
KJV: read the writing, nor make known
INT: not could the inscription read interpretation

Daniel 5:15
HEB: אָֽשְׁפַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־ כְתָבָ֤ה דְנָה֙ יִקְר֔וֹן
NAS: this inscription and make
KJV: this writing, and make known
INT: the conjurers forasmuch inscription this read

Daniel 5:16
HEB: (תִּכ֨וּל ק) כְּתָבָ֜א לְמִקְרֵ֗א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙
NAS: to read the inscription and make
KJV: read the writing, and make known
INT: if be able the inscription to read interpretation

Daniel 5:17
HEB: הַ֑ב בְּרַ֗ם כְּתָבָא֙ אֶקְרֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א
NAS: I will read the inscription to the king
KJV: I will read the writing unto the king,
INT: give however the inscription will read to the king

Daniel 5:24
HEB: דִֽי־ יְדָ֑א וּכְתָבָ֥א דְנָ֖ה רְשִֽׁים׃
NAS: from Him and this inscription was written
KJV: him; and this writing was written.
INT: forasmuch the hand inscription and this was written

Daniel 5:25
HEB: וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים
NAS: Now this is the inscription that was written
KJV: And this [is] the writing that was written,
INT: now this is the inscription that was written

Daniel 6:8
HEB: אֱסָרָ֖א וְתִרְשֻׁ֣ם כְּתָבָ֑א דִּ֣י לָ֧א
NAS: and sign the document so
KJV: and sign the writing, that it be not
INT: the injunction and sign the document so that it be not

Daniel 6:9
HEB: דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ רְשַׁ֥ם כְּתָבָ֖א וֶאֱסָרָֽא׃
NAS: signed the document, that is, the injunction.
KJV: signed the writing and the decree.
INT: Darius signed the document is the injunction

Daniel 6:10
HEB: דִּֽי־ רְשִׁ֤ים כְּתָבָא֙ עַ֣ל לְבַיְתֵ֔הּ
NAS: knew that the document was signed,
KJV: knew that the writing was signed,
INT: now when was signed the document entered his house

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3792
12 Occurrences

ḵə·ṯāḇ — 1 Occ.
ḵə·ṯā·ḇā — 1 Occ.
ḵə·ṯā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
kə·ṯā·ḇā — 6 Occ.
kə·ṯā·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
kiḵ·ṯāḇ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ṯā·ḇā — 1 Occ.