כְּתַב
kᵉthab · keth-ab'
{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3789 (כָּתַב)
{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: write(-ten).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the house, what is within
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּתַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wrote2 · 25%
- was written1 · 13%
- thee, that we might write1 · 13%
- written1 · 13%
- and wrote1 · 13%
- that wrote1 · 13%
- he wrote1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.