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Strong's #4385 - מִכְתָּב

Transliteration

miktâb

Phonetics

mik-tawb'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3789)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1053c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) writing, thing written

1a) handwriting

1b) thing written

1c) writing

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1123 ‑ γραπτός (grap‑tos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Isaiah 1

NAS (8)

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Isaiah 1

HCS (9)

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (9)

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Isaiah 1

ESV (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

WEB (9)

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2295) b t k (כתב KTB) AC: Write CO: Writing AB: ?

V) b t k (כתב KTB) - Write: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (231): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) write, describe, subscribe, record - Strongs: H3789 (כָּתַב), H3790 (כְּתַב)

N^m) b t k (כתב KTB) - Writing: Something written as well as the act of writing. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (29): writing, register, scripture, prescribing - Strongs: H3791 (כְּתָב), H3792 (כְּתָב)

c^f2) t b f t k (כתובת KTWBT) - Writing: KJV (1): any - Strongs: H3793 (כְּתֹבֶת)

h^m) b t k m (מכתב MKTB) - Writing: A written composition. KJV (9): writing - Strongs: H4385 (מִכְתָּב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִכְתָּב noun masculine^{2 Chronicles 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 (= כְּתָבכתם 4), 2 Chronicles 35:4 "" כְּתָב, 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; a prophetic writing 2 Chronicles 21:12.

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

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִכְתָּב m. (from the root כָּתַכ).

(1) writing, Exodus 32:16; Deuteronomy 10:4.

(2) something written; hence

(a) a letter, Germ. ein Schreiben (Arab. كتاب and مكتوب used of a letter), 2 Chronicles 21:12.

(b) a poem, Isaiah 38:9. Compare מִכְתָּם.

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List of Word Forms

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