STRONGS NUMBER H3792


Word Summary
kethab: a writing
Original Word: כְּתָב
Transliteration: kethab
Phonetic Spelling: (keth-awb')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a writing
Meaning: something written, a writing, record, book
Strong's Concordance
prescribing, writing

(Aramaic) corresponding to kathab -- prescribing, writing(-ten).

see HEBREW kathab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3792. kethab

כְּתָבnoun masculineDaniel 5:7 writing ; — absolute כְּתָ֑בEzra 7:22 (Baer כְּתַב‎, but see K§ 57 near the end Str); construct ׳כ6:18; emphatic כְּתָבָאDaniel 5:8 +, הָ֯5:7, 15; —

1 writing, inscription (on wall) Daniel 5:7-8, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25.

2. a. written decree Daniel 6:9; 6:10; 6:11.

b. written requirement Ezra 6:18; 7:22.