Kathab

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 3789

Original Word	Word Origin
btk	a primitive root
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
Kathab	TWOT - 1053
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
kaw-thab'	Verb

Definition

to write, record, enrol
1. (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
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be written
  2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
3. (Piel) to continue writing

NAS Word Usage - Total: 221

decreed 1, describe 3, described 1, inscribed 1, prescribed 2, record 3, recorded 7, registered 3, registers 1, sign 1, signed 2, write 31, write them down 1, write down 1, write...down 1, writes 2, writing 1, written 126, written down 4, wrote 27, wrote down 2

NAS Verse Count
Exodus	10
Numbers	5
Deuteronomy	22
Joshua	11
Judges	1
1 Samuel	1
2 Samuel	3
1 Kings	16
2 Kings	30
1 Chronicles	5
2 Chronicles	27
Ezra	5
Nehemiah	9
Esther	14
Job	3
Psalms	6
Proverbs	3
Ecclesiastes	1
Isaiah	7
Jeremiah	20
Ezekiel	6
Daniel	3
Hosea	1
Habakkuk	1
Malachi	1

Total	211

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Kathab". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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