ka.tav H3789

כָּתַב (ka.tav) means “to write” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כָּתַב Hebrew · H3789 224 tagged occurrences in 212 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-thab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3789

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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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How translators render H3789

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
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

KJV rendering counts
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

Verses containing H3789

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1 Chronicles 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
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1 Chronicles 16:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.
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1 Chronicles 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 29:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
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2 Chronicles 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
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2 Chronicles 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
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2 Chronicles 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.
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2 Chronicles 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 20:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
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2 Chronicles 24:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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2 Chronicles 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
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2 Chronicles 26:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
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2 Chronicles 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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2 Chronicles 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 30:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 30:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
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2 Chronicles 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
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2 Chronicles 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
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2 Chronicles 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 33:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
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2 Chronicles 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
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2 Chronicles 34:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
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2 Chronicles 34:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
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2 Chronicles 35:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.
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2 Chronicles 35:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
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2 Chronicles 35:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—
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2 Chronicles 35:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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2 Chronicles 36:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
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Ezra 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
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Ezra 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
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Ezra 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezra 4:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
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Ezra 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.
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Nehemiah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
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Nehemiah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
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Nehemiah 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
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Nehemiah 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
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Nehemiah 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
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Source alternate reference: 10.1
Nehemiah 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
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Source alternate reference: 10.35
Nehemiah 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
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Source alternate reference: 10.37
Nehemiah 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
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Nehemiah 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
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Nehemiah 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
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Esther 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
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Esther 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
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Esther 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
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Esther 3:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
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