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מִכְתָּב

mikh.tavwritingHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine9 occurrences5 books8 verses

Definition

from H3789; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
Traditional renderings: writing.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מִכְתָּב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. Exodus 32:16וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב · and the writing; מִכְתַּ֤ב · [was] the writing
    The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
  2. Exodus 39:30מִכְתַּב֙ · like an inscription
    They 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.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:4כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב · what had been written
    And 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,
  4. 2 Chronicles 21:12מִכְתָּ֔ב · Then a letter
    Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
  5. 2 Chronicles 35:4וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב · and
    Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
  6. 2 Chronicles 36:22בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב · to put it in writing
    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  7. Ezra 1:1בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב · to put it in writing
    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  8. Isaiah 38:9מִכְתָּ֖ב · [This is] a writing
    This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: