כָּתַב (ka.tav) means “to write” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-thab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כָּתַב · ka.tav · to write
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)
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a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV glosses: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| written | 52 |
| are they not written | 8 |
| as it is written | 6 |
| wrote | 6 |
| recorded | 5 |
| that is written | 5 |
| write | 5 |
| and write | 4 |
| it is written | 4 |
| write down | 4 |
| write them | 4 |
| as written | 3 |
| had written | 3 |
| he wrote | 3 |
| were recorded | 3 |
| wrote down | 3 |
| according to what is written | 2 |
| and i will write | 2 |
| inscribed | 2 |
| is written | 2 |
| that were written | 2 |
| was written | 2 |
| you have written | 2 |
| and all this was recorded | 1 |
| and he wrote them | 1 |
| and inscribe it | 1 |
| and issue | 1 |
| and let it be recorded | 1 |
| and map it out | 1 |
| and the lord wrote | 1 |
| and the order was written | 1 |
| and they engraved | 1 |
| and to record | 1 |
| and written | 1 |
| and you shall write | 1 |
| are written | 1 |
| as prescribed | 1 |
| be written | 1 |
| but acted according to what is written | 1 |
| compose | 1 |
| could count them | 1 |
| decrees | 1 |
| did you write | 1 |
| enroll | 1 |
| have mapped out | 1 |
| have you written | 1 |
| he also wrote | 1 |
| he built it according to what is written | 1 |
| he had written | 1 |
| he may write | 1 |
| he must write | 1 |
| he wrote them | 1 |
| i have written | 1 |
| i signed | 1 |
| in accordance with what is written | 1 |
| in the register | 1 |
| it was written | 1 |
| joshua inscribed | 1 |
| let a decree be issued | 1 |
| listed | 1 |
| map it out | 1 |
| mapping it | 1 |
| may an order be written | 1 |
| may write | 1 |
| mordecai wrote | 1 |
| or be recorded | 1 |
| putting it in writing | 1 |
| recorded their names | 1 |
| rewrite | 1 |
| shall write | 1 |
| she wrote | 1 |
| that are written | 1 |
| that had been written | 1 |
| that he wrote | 1 |
| that read | 1 |
| that was written | 1 |
| the following written | 1 |
| the passage stating | 1 |
| the young man wrote down | 1 |
| then jehu wrote | 1 |
| then jezebel wrote | 1 |
| they are recorded | 1 |
| they are written | 1 |
| they recorded | 1 |
| they were inscribed | 1 |
| though i wrote for them | 1 |
| to map out | 1 |
| to what was written | 1 |
| was lodged | 1 |
| was recorded | 1 |
| were among those listed | 1 |
| were written | 1 |
| when he wrote | 1 |
| which are written | 1 |
| which were written | 1 |
| who are recorded | 1 |
| who were noted | 1 |
| who were signing | 1 |
| will be signed | 1 |
| will be written | 1 |
| will write | 1 |
| write it down | 1 |
| write this | 1 |
| writes | 1 |
| writing | 1 |
| written against them | 1 |
| wrote a letter | 1 |
| wrote them | 1 |
| you record | 1 |
| you write | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| written | 53 |
| they not written | 33 |
| wrote | 14 |
| write | 12 |
| and he wrote | 7 |
| and write | 7 |
| that are written | 6 |
| and thou shalt write | 5 |
| according to all that is written | 3 |
| and wrote | 3 |
| which he wrote | 3 |
| all that is written | 2 |
| and describe | 2 |
| and i will write | 2 |
| and it was written | 2 |
| as it is written | 2 |
| had written | 2 |
| let it be written | 2 |
| was written | 2 |
| which are written | 2 |
| which thou hast written | 2 |
| according unto all that which is written | 1 |
| after all that is written | 1 |
| and another shall subscribe | 1 |
| and described | 1 |
| and i subscribed | 1 |
| and i wrote | 1 |
| and let it be written | 1 |
| and not be written | 1 |
| and she wrote | 1 |
| and subscribe | 1 |
| and that write | 1 |
| and there was written | 1 |
| and these written | 1 |
| as it was written | 1 |
| every one that is written | 1 |
| for thou writest | 1 |
| have not i written | 1 |
| he wrote | 1 |
| her and write | 1 |
| i have written | 1 |
| in her then let him write | 1 |
| may write | 1 |
| neither shall they be written | 1 |
| not according unto that which is written | 1 |
| not written | 1 |
| now therefore write | 1 |
| of him and he described | 1 |
| of them that were written | 1 |
| of writing | 1 |
| otherwise than it was written | 1 |
| recorded | 1 |
| shall be written | 1 |
| shall write | 1 |
| so she wrote | 1 |
| that he shall write | 1 |
| that subscribed | 1 |
| that were written | 1 |
| then he wrote | 1 |
| therefore wrote | 1 |
| thereof and it was written | 1 |
| thereof and write | 1 |
| they have prescribed | 1 |
| they written | 1 |
| this shall be written | 1 |
| to describe | 1 |
| us now how didst thou write | 1 |
| was it written | 1 |
| were written | 1 |
| when he had written | 1 |
| when he writeth up | 1 |
| whereon thou writest | 1 |
| which i have written | 1 |
| which is written | 1 |
| which were written | 1 |
| who wrote | 1 |
| why hast thou written | 1 |
| ye shall therefore describe | 1 |
Page 1 of 5. 212 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Read word by wordAnd Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
Read word by wordWhen the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Read word by wordThen Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Read word by wordYet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Read word by wordThe LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
Read word by wordSo Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Read word by wordThey also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
Read word by wordAnd the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
Read word by wordTwo men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
Read word by word“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.17
and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.18
At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
Read word by wordHe declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
Read word by wordThe LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Read word by wordWrite them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
Read word by wordThen the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
Read word by wordAnd I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
Read word by wordWrite them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
Read word by wordWhen he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Read word by wordIf a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Read word by wordand the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
Read word by wordWrite on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
Read word by wordAnd you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
Read word by wordIf you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
Read word by wordThe LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
Read word by wordThe LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.19
and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.20
Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.26
if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read word by wordSo Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
Read word by wordNow therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
Read word by wordSo that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
Read word by wordWhen Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
Read word by wordThis Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
Read word by wordjust as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
Read word by wordAnd there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
Read word by wordAfterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
Read word by wordSo the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
Read word by wordAppoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
Read word by wordWhen you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
Read word by wordAs the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
Read word by wordSo the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
Read word by wordBe very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
Read word by wordJoshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
Read word by wordThere he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
Read word by wordThen Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
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