מִכְתָּב
miktâb · mik-tawb'
a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3789 (כָּתַב);
a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: writing.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִכְתָּב 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and put it also in writing2 · 22%
- and the writing1 · 11%
- was the writing1 · 11%
- upon it a writing1 · 11%
- writing1 · 11%
- a writing1 · 11%
- and according to the writing1 · 11%
- the writing1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
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.