Strongs Number: H3789
- Hebrew Word
- כָּתַב
- Transliteration
- kâthab
- Phonetic
- kaw-thab'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to grave; by implication to write ({describe} {inscribe} {prescribe} subscribe)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to write, record, enrol
a. (Qal)
1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
2. to write down, describe in writing
3. to register, enrol, record
4. to decree
b. (Niphal)
1. to be written
2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
c. (Piel) to continue writing
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {describe} {record} {prescribe} {subscribe} write ({-ing} -ten).