Katav כָּתַב

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Katav
כָּתַב
Transliterationkatav
Strong's numberH3789
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto write
Occurrences224 in 212 verses
Most frequent in2 Kings (30)

Katav (Hebrew כָּתַב, Strong's H3789) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to write”. It occurs 224 times in 212 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to write, record, enrol
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
1a2) to write down, describe in writing
1a3) to register, enrol, record
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be written
1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
1c) (Piel) to continue writing
Aramaic equivalent: ke.tav (כְּתַב "to write" H3790)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwritten (138), write (35), wrote (34), describe (4), described (2), writest (2), subscribe (2), subscribed (2), writing (1), recorded (1), up (1), prescribed (1)
BSBwritten (54), write (9), wrote (8), are they not written (8), is written (7), it is written (7), recorded (6), he wrote (5), write down (4), write them (4), wrote down (3), inscribed (3), and 76 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Katav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Habakkuk

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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