# H3791 כָּתָב

כָּתָב (kâthâb), Strong’s H3791: something written, i.e. a writing, record or book KJV: register, scripture, writing.. Occurs 15 times.

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*kâthâb* — something written, i.e. a writing, record or book

KJV: register, scripture, writing.

Derived from [כָּתַב kâthab](https://besorah.bible/word/H3789) (to grave, by implication, to write)

Occurs 15 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- כְּתָב n.m. writing
- 1 register, enrolment
- 2 = mode of writing, character, letter
- 3 = letter
- 4 of a royal enactment, edict
- 5 of a writing with divine authority

## Where it occurs
- [Ezekiel 13:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/13?v=9) — “My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who utter lying divinations. They will not be in the…
- [Esther 1:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=22) — for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in…
- [Esther 3:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=12) — Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman…
- [Esther 3:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=14) — A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that…
- [Esther 4:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/4?v=8) — He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Susa to destroy them, to show it to…
- [Esther 8:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=8) — Write also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which…
- [Esther 8:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=13) — A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the…
- [Esther 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/9?v=27) — the Jews established and imposed on themselves, on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them…
- [Daniel 10:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/10?v=21) — But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth. There is no one who holds with me against these…
- [Ezra 2:62](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=62) — These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were…