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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Ezekiel 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
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Ezekiel 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 37:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
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Ezekiel 37:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people,
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Ezekiel 43:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
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Daniel 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
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Daniel 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
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Daniel 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
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Hosea 8:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
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Habakkuk 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
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Malachi 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
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