Topical Bible: Writeth

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The term "writeth" is an archaic form of the verb "write," commonly found in older English translations of the Bible. It is used to describe the act of inscribing words or messages, often under divine inspiration or command. In the context of Scripture, writing serves as a crucial means of communication, preservation of divine revelation, and instruction for God's people.

Biblical Context and Usage

1. Divine Command to Write: Throughout the Bible, God commands His prophets and servants to write down His words. This act of writing serves to ensure the accurate transmission of His messages to future generations. For instance, in Exodus 34:27 , God instructs Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

2. Prophetic Writing: The prophets of the Old Testament often received direct revelations from God, which they were instructed to write down. These writings form a significant portion of the Old Testament. In Habakkuk 2:2 , the Lord tells the prophet, "Write down the vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it."

3. Apostolic Writing: In the New Testament, the apostles and early church leaders wrote letters and accounts to instruct, encourage, and correct the early Christian communities. The Apostle John, for example, was instructed to write the visions he received in the Book of Revelation. Revelation 1:11 states, "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches."

4. Preservation of Scripture: The act of writing in the biblical context is closely tied to the preservation of God's Word. The written Scriptures serve as a permanent record of God's dealings with humanity, His laws, and His promises. This written record is considered divinely inspired and authoritative for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16).

5. Role in Teaching and Remembrance: Writing also plays a vital role in teaching and helping believers remember God's works and commandments. Deuteronomy 6:9 instructs the Israelites to write God's commandments on the doorposts of their houses and on their gates, emphasizing the importance of keeping God's Word ever-present in daily life.

Theological Significance

The act of writing in the Bible is not merely a human endeavor but is often portrayed as a divinely guided process. The Scriptures, as the written Word of God, are central to the life of the believer, providing guidance, wisdom, and a foundation for faith. The use of "writeth" in older translations underscores the timeless nature of God's Word and the enduring importance of its transmission through writing.

In summary, "writeth" reflects the biblical emphasis on the written word as a means of divine communication, preservation of truth, and instruction for God's people throughout history.

Library

That all the Powers of Your Soul Shall be Turned into Act in the ...
... THE SECOND CENTURY 75 That all the powers of your Soul shall be turned into Act
in the Kingdom of Heaven is manifest by what Saint John writeth. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/75 that all the powers.htm

A Sermon Made by M. Hugh Latimer, at the Time of the Insurrection ...
... [Ephesians 6:10, et seq.] Saint Paul, the holy apostle, writeth this epistle unto
the Ephesians, that is, to the people of the city of Ephesus. ...
/.../latimer/sermons on the card and other discourses/a sermon made by m.htm

The First Blast to Awake Women Degenerate.
... For this writeth Aristotle in the seconde of his Politikes:2 Politicorum Aristotelis. ...
For thus he writeth in his book de virginibus velandis:Tertull. ...
/.../knox/the first blast of the trumpet/the first blast to awake.htm

Psalm LXXXVII.
... Yet how are we assured of this? "The Lord shall rehearse it when He writeth
up the people" (ver.6), as the following verse has it. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxvii.htm

The Believer a New Creature
... Human teachers are given to verbiage; we multiply words to express our meaning,
but the Lord is wondrously laconic; he writeth as it were in shorthand, and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 15 1869/the believer a new creature.htm

The Introduction, with Some General Observations from the Cohesion ...
... Therefore is it necessary, there be both in him that writeth, and in such as read,
a single dependence on him, who "is for a leader," Isaiah 55:5, and hath ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter i the introduction with.htm

The Sixth
... And He, the Most High, shall establish her. Jehovah shall count, when he
writeth up the peoples 'This man was born there.' Selah. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary on revelation/the sixth.htm

Psalm CXIV.
... the same is fulfilled in every faithful one in the daily travailings of the Church,
in this end of the world, in this, as the blessed John writeth, last time. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxiv.htm

A True Hymn
... GOD doth supply the want; As when th' heart says, sighing to be approved,. O,
could I love!' and stops,"GOD writeth, 'Loved.'. Footnotes: ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/xxxix a true hymn.htm

The Law.
... When that speaks, it shakes mount Sinai, and writeth death upon all faces,
and makes the church itself cry out, A Mediator! else we die. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/v the law.htm

Thesaurus

Writeth (26 Occurrences)
...Writeth (26 Occurrences). Romans 10:5 For Moses writeth that the man that doeth
the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby. (ASV). ...
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Matters (131 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:28 And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he
hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the ...
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Neri'ah (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 36:4 And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from
the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him ...
/n/neri'ah.htm - 9k

Writes (4 Occurrences)
... a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she find no favour in his eyes,
because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he writeth her a ...
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Sealeth (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 21:8 And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal,
and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in ...
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Writhe (6 Occurrences)

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Neraiah (1 Occurrence)
... Jeremiah 36:32 And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son
of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all ...
/n/neraiah.htm - 6k

Outgoings (21 Occurrences)
... Numbers 33:2 and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command
of Jehovah; and these 'are' their journeys, by their outgoings: (YLT). ...
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Writ (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for
writeth. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of Write. 3. (n.) That which is ...
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Writest (2 Occurrences)

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Writeth (26 Occurrences)

Romans 10:5
For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
(ASV)

Exodus 24:4
And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;
(YLT)

Exodus 34:28
And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant -- the ten matters.
(YLT)

Numbers 33:2
and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of Jehovah; and these 'are' their journeys, by their outgoings:
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 4:13
and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 10:4
And He writeth on the tables, according to the first writing, the Ten Matters, which Jehovah hath spoken unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly, and Jehovah giveth them unto me,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 24:3
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 31:9
And Moses writeth this law, and giveth it unto the priests (sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah), and unto all the elders of Israel,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 31:22
And Moses writeth this song on that day, and doth teach it the sons of Israel,
(YLT)

Joshua 8:32
and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel.
(YLT)

Joshua 24:26
And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which 'is' in the sanctuary of Jehovah.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 10:25
And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 11:14
And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;
(YLT)

2 Samuel 11:15
and he writeth in the letter, saying, 'Place ye Uriah over-against the front of the severest battle, and ye have turned back from after him, and he hath been smitten, and hath died.'
(YLT)

1 Kings 21:8
And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth,
(YLT)

1 Kings 21:9
and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,
(YLT)

2 Kings 10:1
And Ahab hath seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu writeth letters, and sendeth to Samaria, unto the heads of Jezreel, the elders, and unto the supporters of Ahab, saying,
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 24:6
And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.
(YLT)

Esther 9:20
And Mordecai writeth these things, and sendeth letters unto all the Jews who 'are' in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus, who are near and who are far off,
(YLT)

Esther 9:29
And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, writeth, and Mordecai the Jew, with all might, to establish this second letter of Purim,
(YLT)

Psalms 87:6
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Isaiah 44:5
This 'one' saith, For Jehovah I 'am', And this calleth 'himself' by the name of Jacob, And this 'one' writeth 'with' his hand, 'For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 36:4
And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 36:32
And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 51:60
and Jeremiah writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book -- all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
(YLT)

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Writeth

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