Strong's Hebrew #3791 - כָּתָב kethab (a writing)

register, scripture, writing

From kathab; something written, i.e. A writing, record or book -- register, scripture, writing.

see HEBREW kathab

1) a writing, document, edict
1a) register, enrolment, roll
1b) mode of writing, character, letter
1c) letter, document, a writing
1d) a written edict
1d1) of royal enactment
1d2) of divine authority
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3789
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1053a

כְּתָב noun masculine^{Ezra 4:7} writing (late Aramaic; Biblical Aramaic כְּתָב Syriac ); — ׳כ absolute 1 Chronicles 28:19 4t.; construct Ezekiel 13:9 4t.; suffix כְּתָבָהּ Esther 1:22 2t.; כְּתָבָם Ezra 2:62 3t.; — writing:

1 register, enrolement, Ezekiel 13:9; Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64.

2 = mode of writing, character, letter, הִנִּשְׁתְּוָן כָּתוּב אֲרָמִית ׳וּכ Ezra 4:7 and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic (characters; so probably, see BeRy Ryle, compare Late Hebrew Hoffm^{ZAW i.(1881), 334 ff.}); compare Esther 1:22; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9 (twice in verse).

3 = letter, 2 Chron 2:10; Esther 9:27.

4 of a royal enactment, edict2Chronicles 35:4 ("" מִכְתָּב), Esther 3:14; Esther 8:8,13; more fully כְּתָבהַֿדָּת Esther 4:8.

5 of a writing with divine authority 1 Chronicles 28:19; אֱמֶת ׳כ Daniel 10:21, i.e. a book of truth.

Strong's Hebrew: 3791. כְּתָב (kethab) — 15 Occurrences

1 Chronicles 28:19
HEB: הַכֹּ֥ל בִּכְתָ֛ב מִיַּ֥ד יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: made me understand in writing by His hand
KJV: made me understand in writing by [his] hand
INT: All writing his hand the LORD

2 Chronicles 2:11
HEB: מֶֽלֶךְ־ צֹר֙ בִּכְתָ֔ב וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח אֶל־
NAS: answered in a letter sent
KJV: answered in writing, which he sent
INT: king of Tyre A letter sent to

2 Chronicles 35:4
HEB: אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בִּכְתָ֗ב דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: in your divisions, according to the writing of David
KJV: after your courses, according to the writing of David
INT: your fathers' your divisions to the writing of David king

Ezra 2:62
HEB: אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א
NAS: [among] their ancestral registration, but they could not be located;
KJV: These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy,
INT: These searched their register their ancestral could

Ezra 4:7
HEB: מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרָ֑ס וּכְתָב֙ הַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ן כָּת֥וּב
NAS: of Persia; and the text of the letter
KJV: of Persia; and the writing of the letter
INT: king of Persia and the text of the letter was written

Nehemiah 7:64
HEB: אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א
NAS: [among] their ancestral registration, but it could not be located;
KJV: These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy,
INT: These searched their register their ancestral could

Esther 1:22
HEB: מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל־ עַ֥ם
NAS: province according to its script and to every
KJV: into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people
INT: each province script and to every

Esther 3:12
HEB: מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם
NAS: province according to its script, each
KJV: of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people
INT: each province script each people

Esther 3:14
HEB: פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַכְּתָ֗ב לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן דָּת֙
NAS: A copy of the edict to be issued
KJV: The copy of the writing for a commandment
INT: A copy of the edict to be issued law

Esther 4:8
HEB: וְאֶת־ פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן כְּתָֽב־ הַ֠דָּת אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: him a copy of the text of the edict
KJV: him the copy of the writing of the decree
INT: A copy of the text of the edict which

Esther 8:8
HEB: הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּֽי־ כְתָ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־ נִכְתָּ֣ב
NAS: ring; for a decree which
KJV: ring: for the writing which is written
INT: the king's for A decree which is written

Esther 8:13
HEB: פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַכְּתָ֗ב לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן דָּת֙
NAS: A copy of the edict to be issued
KJV: The copy of the writing for a commandment
INT: A copy of the edict to be issued law

Esther 9:27
HEB: הַיָּמִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה כִּכְתָבָ֖ם וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם בְּכָל־
NAS: days according to their regulation and according to their appointed
KJV: days according to their writing, and according to their [appointed] time
INT: days these to their regulation time and for all

Ezekiel 13:9
HEB: לֹֽא־ יִהְי֗וּ וּבִכְתָ֤ב בֵּֽית־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
NAS: will they be written down in the register of the house
KJV: neither shall they be written in the writing of the house
INT: no place the register of the house of Israel

Daniel 10:21
HEB: אֶת־ הָרָשׁ֥וּם בִּכְתָ֖ב אֱמֶ֑ת וְאֵ֨ין
NAS: you what is inscribed in the writing of truth.
KJV: thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth:
INT: will tell is inscribed the writing of truth there