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It can denote a written document, a letter, or an inscription on a monument or tablet. The term is used to describe both sacred and secular writings, emphasizing the importance of the written word in conveying messages, laws, and decrees.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, writing was a crucial means of communication and record-keeping. The ability to write and read was highly valued, especially among scribes and religious leaders. Written documents were used for legal transactions, religious texts, and royal decrees. The use of writing in the Hebrew Bible underscores the significance of preserving God's commandments and historical events for future generations.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm">kathab</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to write<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>write down (1), writing (2), written (2), wrote (2), wrote the down (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>written <p>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm">kathab</a> -- write(-ten). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm">kathab</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְכָֽתְבָן֙ וכתבן כְּ֠תַב כְּתִ֣יב כְּתִ֥יב כְּתַ֛בוּ כְתַ֔ב כָתְבָֽה׃ כתב כתבה׃ כתבו כתיב נִכְתֻּ֥ב נכתב chateVah cheTav ḵā·ṯə·ḇāh ḵāṯəḇāh kə·ṯa·ḇū kə·ṯaḇ ḵə·ṯaḇ kə·ṯîḇ kəṯaḇ ḵəṯaḇ kəṯaḇū Ketav keTavu kəṯîḇ keTiv nichTuv niḵ·tuḇ niḵtuḇ vechateVan wə·ḵā·ṯə·ḇān wəḵāṯəḇān<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א <b> כְּתַ֛בוּ </b> אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the scribe <span class="itali">wrote</span> a letter<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and Shimshai the scribe <span class="itali">wrote</span> a letter<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and Shimshai the scribe <span class="itali">wrote</span> A letter a<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 5:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲל֑וֹהִי וְכִדְנָה֙ <b> כְּתִ֣יב </b> בְּגַוֵּ֔הּ לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a report <span class="itali">to him in which it was written</span> thus:<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him, wherein <span class="itali">was written</span> thus;<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> unto thus <span class="itali">written</span> wherein to Darius<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/5-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 5:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י <b> נִכְתֻּ֥ב </b> שֻׁם־ גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so as to inform <span class="itali">you, and that we might write down</span> the names<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to certify <span class="itali">thee, that we might write</span> the names<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/5-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to inform who <span class="itali">write</span> the names of the men<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/6-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 6:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־ <b> כְּתִ֥יב </b> בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was found <span class="itali">and there was written</span> in it as follows:<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [was] a record thus <span class="itali">written:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a follows <span class="itali">written</span> and therein Memorandum<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 5:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַד־ אֱנָ֔שׁ <b> וְכָֽתְבָן֙ </b> לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> emerged <span class="itali">and began writing</span> opposite<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hand, <span class="itali">and wrote</span> over against<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hand of a man's <span class="itali">writing</span> opposite the lampstand<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 5:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י <b> כָתְבָֽה׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the hand <span class="itali">that did the writing.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the part of the hand <span class="itali">that wrote.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the hand did <span class="itali">the writing</span><p><b><a href="/text/daniel/6-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 6:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דָּרְיָ֣וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א <b> כְּ֠תַב </b> לְֽכָל־ עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the king <span class="itali">wrote</span> to all<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> king Darius <span class="itali">wrote</span> unto all people,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/6-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Darius the king <span class="itali">wrote</span> to all the peoples<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/7-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 7:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ חֶלְמָ֣א <b> כְתַ֔ב </b> רֵ֥אשׁ מִלִּ֖ין</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> then <span class="itali">he wrote</span> the dream<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> then <span class="itali">he wrote</span> the dream,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/7-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> then the dream <span class="itali">wrote</span> the summary of the matters<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3790.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3790.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3790<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chatevah_3790.htm">ḵā·ṯə·ḇāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chetav_3790.htm">ḵə·ṯaḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ketav_3790.htm">kə·ṯaḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ketavu_3790.htm">kə·ṯa·ḇū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ketiv_3790.htm">kə·ṯîḇ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/nichtuv_3790.htm">niḵ·tuḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechatevan_3790.htm">wə·ḵā·ṯə·ḇān — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script 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