katav · writing

What it means

katav (כָּתָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “writing”.

Something put in writing, a document, a record or a letter.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A written document: a letter, an order or a decree of the king.
2. The written record in which the names of a people or of families are listed.
3. The way each people writes: its script and letters.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• writing ×10
• script ×3
• record ×2
• register ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×1
• Esther×8
• Ezekiel×1
• Daniel×1

• 1 Chronicles 28:19

  “All this in writing from the hand of YHWH upon me, he made me understand: all the works of the pattern.”

• 2 Chronicles 2:11

  Huram, king of Tyre, said in writing, and sent it to Solomon: “Because of the love of YHWH for his people he has made you king over them.”

• 2 Chronicles 35:4

  Prepare yourselves by your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, following the writing of David king of Israel and the writing of Solomon his son.

• Ezra 2:62

  These sought their record, that of those registered in the genealogy, but they were not found, and they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

• Ezra 4:7

  And in the days of Artaxerxes Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic.

• Nehemiah 7:64

  These sought their record, that of those registered in the genealogy, but it was not found, and they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

• Esther 1:22

  he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, to each province according to its script and to each people according to its language, that every man should be master in his house and speak according to the language of his people.

• Esther 3:12

  And the king’s scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded, to the king’s satraps and to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, to each province according to its script and each people according to its language; in the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.

• Esther 3:14

  A copy of the writing, to be given as law in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready for this day.

• Esther 4:8

  And the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Susa to destroy them he gave to him, to show Esther and to make it known to her, and to command her to go in to the king to implore him and to petition before him for her people.

• Esther 8:8

  And you, write concerning the Jews as seems good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal it with the king’s ring; for a writing that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king’s ring cannot be turned back.”

• Esther 8:9

  And the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces that are from India to Cush, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to each province according to its script and each people according to its language, and to the Jews according to their script and according to their language.

• Esther 8:13

  A copy of the writing, to be given as law in every province, was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

• Esther 9:27

  the Jews established and accepted for themselves and for their offspring and for all who joined them, so that it would not pass away, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their appointed time, every year;

• Ezekiel 13:9

  And my hand will be against the prophets who see emptiness and who divine lies; in the inner council of my people they will not be, and in the register of the house of Israel they will not be written, and into the soil of Israel they will not enter; and you will know that I am Adonai YHWH.

• Daniel 10:21

  But I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. And there is no one who holds strongly with me against these except Michael, your prince.