Definition
a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Traditional renderings: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Traditional renderings: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּתַב:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
224 total
- Exodus 17:14כְּתֹ֨ב · Write thisThen 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.”
- Exodus 24:4וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב · wrote downAnd 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.
- Exodus 24:12כָּתַ֖בְתִּי · I have writtenThen 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.”
- Exodus 31:18כְּתֻבִ֖ים · inscribedWhen 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.
- Exodus 32:15כְּתֻבִים֙ · They were inscribed; כְּתֻבִֽים׃Then 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.
- Exodus 32:32כָּתָֽבְתָּ׃ · You have writtenYet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
- Exodus 34:1וְכָתַבְתִּי֙ · and I will writeThen 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.
- Exodus 34:27כְּתָב־ · Write downThe 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.”
- Exodus 34:28וַיִּכְתֹּ֣בSo 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.
- Exodus 39:30וַיִּכְתְּב֣וּ · and they engravedThey 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.
- Numbers 5:23וְ֠כָתַב · shall writeAnd the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
- Numbers 11:26בַּכְּתֻבִ֔ים · were among those listedTwo 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.
- Numbers 17:2תִּכְתֹּ֖ב · Write“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,
- Numbers 17:3תִּכְתֹּ֖ב · write…and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
- Numbers 33:2וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב · recordedAt the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
- Deuteronomy 4:13וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֔ם · that He wroteHe declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
- Deuteronomy 5:22וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֗ם · And He wrote themThe 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.
- Deuteronomy 6:9וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם · Write themWrite them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
- Deuteronomy 9:10כְּתֻבִ֖ים · inscribedThen 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.
- Deuteronomy 10:2וְאֶכְתֹּב֙ · And I will writeAnd 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.”
- Deuteronomy 10:4וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב · And [the LORD] wroteAnd 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,
- Deuteronomy 11:20וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם · Write themWrite them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
- Deuteronomy 17:18וְכָ֨תַב · he must writeWhen 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.
- Deuteronomy 24:1וְכָ֨תַב · he may writeIf 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.
- Deuteronomy 24:3וְכָ֨תַב · writes…and 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,
- Deuteronomy 27:3וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ · WriteWrite 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.
- Deuteronomy 27:8וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ · And you shall writeAnd you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
- Deuteronomy 28:58הַכְּתוּבִ֖ים · which are writtenIf 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—
- Deuteronomy 28:61כָת֔וּב · recordedThe LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 29:20הַכְּתוּבָ֖ה · writtenThe 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
- Deuteronomy 29:21הַכְּתוּבָ֕ה · written…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.
- Deuteronomy 29:27הַכְּתוּבָ֖ה · writtenTherefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.
- Deuteronomy 30:10הַכְּתוּבָ֕ה · that are written…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.
- Deuteronomy 31:9וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב · wrote downSo 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.
- Deuteronomy 31:19כִּתְב֤וּ · write downNow 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.
- Deuteronomy 31:22וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב · wrote downSo that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 31:24לִכְתֹּ֛ב · writingWhen Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
- Joshua 1:8הַכָּת֖וּב · writtenThis 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.
- Joshua 8:31כַּכָּתוּב֙ · He built it according to what is written…just 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.
- Joshua 8:32וַיִּכְתָּב־ · [Joshua] inscribed; כָּתַ֔ב · he had writtenAnd there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
- Joshua 8:34הַכָּת֖וּב · that is writtenAfterward, 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.
- Joshua 10:13כְתוּבָ֖ה · writtenSo 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.”
- Joshua 18:4וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ · and map it outAppoint 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
- Joshua 18:6תִּכְתְּב֤וּ · have mapped outWhen 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.
- Joshua 18:8לִכְתֹּ֨ב · to map out; וְכִתְב֤וּ · map it outAs 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.”
- Joshua 18:9וַיִּכְתְּב֧וּהָ · mapping itSo 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.
- Joshua 23:6הַכָּת֔וּב · that is writtenBe 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.