HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4385
מִכְתָּב
mikh.tav — writing
1) writing, thing written 1a) handwriting 1b) thing written 1c) writing
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Handwriting
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5498
χειρόγραφος
cheirographos — writen record
χειρόγραφος, -ον (χείρ, γράφω), [in LXX: Tob.5:3 9:2, 5 * ;] written with the hand. As subst., τὸ χ., a handwriting (Inscr., Polyb., al.): metaphorically, Col.2:14.† (AS)
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(Col. 2:14). The “blotting out the handwriting” is the removal by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which we had broken.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.