4385. miktab

Strong's Lexicon

miktab: Writing, inscription, document

Original Word: מִכְתָּב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: miktab
Pronunciation: mik-tawb'
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-tawb')
Definition: Writing, inscription, document
Meaning: a thing written, the characters, a document

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kathab
Definition
writing
NASB Translation
letter (1), writing (7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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

2 = thing written, Exodus 39:30 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with כָּתַב), Deuteronomy 10:4; specifically a royal enactment or edict (= כְּתָב כתם 4), 2 Chronicles 35:4 "" כְּתָב, 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; a prophetic writing 2Chronicles 21:12.

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

writing

From kathab; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem) -- writing.

see HEBREW kathab

Forms and Transliterations

בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב במכתב וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב ובמכתב והמכתב כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב כמכתב מִכְתַּ֤ב מִכְתַּב֙ מִכְתָּ֔ב מִכְתָּ֖ב מכתב bə·miḵ·tāḇ bemichTav bəmiḵtāḇ kam·miḵ·tāḇ kammichTav kammiḵtāḇ michTav miḵ·taḇ miḵ·tāḇ miḵtaḇ miḵtāḇ ū·ḇə·miḵ·taḇ ūḇəmiḵtaḇ uvemichTav vehammichTav wə·ham·miḵ·tāḇ wəhammiḵtāḇ

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 32:16
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב מִכְתַּ֤ב אֱלֹהִים֙
NAS: work, and the writing was God's
KJV: of God, and the writing [was] the writing
INT: were God's like and the writing writing was God's

Exodus 32:16
HEB: הֵ֑מָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב מִכְתַּ֤ב אֱלֹהִים֙ ה֔וּא
NAS: was God's writing engraved
KJV: and the writing [was] the writing of God,
INT: like and the writing writing was God's he

Exodus 39:30
HEB: וַיִּכְתְּב֣וּ עָלָ֗יו מִכְתַּב֙ פִּתּוּחֵ֣י חוֹתָ֔ם
KJV: and wrote upon it a writing, [like to] the engravings
INT: and inscribed upon A writing the engravings of a signet

Deuteronomy 10:4
HEB: עַֽל־ הַלֻּחֹ֜ת כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן אֵ֚ת
NAS: like the former writing, the Ten
KJV: according to the first writing, the ten
INT: on the tablets writing the former the Ten

2 Chronicles 21:12
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֤א אֵלָיו֙ מִכְתָּ֔ב מֵֽאֵלִיָּ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא
NAS: Then a letter came to him from Elijah
KJV: And there came a writing to him from Elijah
INT: came then A letter Elijah the prophet

2 Chronicles 35:4
HEB: מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃
NAS: of Israel and according to the writing of his son
KJV: of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon
INT: king of Israel to the writing Solomon of his son

2 Chronicles 36:22
HEB: מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְגַם־ בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב לֵאמֹֽר׃ ס
NAS: and also [put it] in writing, saying,
KJV: throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
INT: his kingdom and also writing saying

Ezra 1:1
HEB: מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְגַם־ בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב לֵאמֹֽר׃
NAS: and also [put it] in writing, saying:
KJV: throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
INT: his kingdom and also writing saying

Isaiah 38:9
HEB: מִכְתָּ֖ב לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־
NAS: A writing of Hezekiah king
KJV: The writing of Hezekiah king
INT: A writing of Hezekiah king

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4385
9 Occurrences

bə·miḵ·tāḇ — 2 Occ.
kam·miḵ·tāḇ — 1 Occ.
miḵ·taḇ — 4 Occ.
ū·ḇə·miḵ·taḇ — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·miḵ·tāḇ — 1 Occ.