STRONGS NUMBER H3793


Word Summary
kethobeth: an imprint
Original Word: כְּתֹבֶת
Transliteration: kethobeth
Phonetic Spelling: (keth-o'-beth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an imprint
Meaning: a letter, branded
Strong's Concordance
a letter or other mark branded on the skin

From kathab; a letter or other mark branded on the skin -- X any (mark).

see HEBREW kathab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3793. kethobeth

כְּתֹ֫בֶתnoun feminine only construct בָּכֶם תִתְּנוּ לֹא קַעֲקַע וּכְתֹבֶתLeviticus 19:28 i.e. a writing (mark or sign) of imprintment, scriptio stigmatis, perhaps of tattooing, compare Di (see also BaNB 61).