1) a writing, document, edict 1a) register, enrolment, roll 1b) mode of writing, character, letter 1c) letter, document, a writing 1d) a written edict 1d1) of royal enactment 1d2) of divine authority Aramaic equivalent: ke.tav (כְּתָב "inscription" H3792)
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H3791 — כְּתָב
ka.tav · writing · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Chronicles 28:19 · בִּכְתָ֛ב“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”2 Chronicles 2:11 · בִּכְתָ֔בThen Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”2 Chronicles 35:4 · בִּכְתָ֗בPrepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.Ezra 2:62 · כְתָבָ֛םThese men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.Ezra 4:7 · וּכְתָב֙And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.Nehemiah 7:64 · כְתָבָ֛םThese men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.Esther 1:22 · כִּכְתָבָ֔הּHe sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.Esther 3:12 · כִּכְתָבָ֔הּOn the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.Esther 3:14 · הַכְּתָ֗בA copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.Esther 4:8 · כְּתָֽב־Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.Esther 8:8 · כְתָ֞בNow you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”Esther 8:9 · כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ · כִּכְתָבָ֖םAt once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.Esther 8:13 · הַכְּתָ֗בA copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.Esther 9:27 · כִּכְתָבָ֖םthe Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.Daniel 10:21 · בִּכְתָ֖בBut first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.