# H4385 מִכְתָּב

מִכְתָּב (miktâb), Strong’s H4385: a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem) KJV: writing.. Occurs 9 times.

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*miktâb* — a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)

KJV: writing.

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

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִכְתָּב n.m. writing
- 1 = hand-writing
- 2 = thing written
- 3 in a title

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 32:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/32?v=16) — The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
- [Exodus 39:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/39?v=30) — They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engravings of a signet…
- [Deuteronomy 10:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/10?v=4) — He wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you on the…
- [Isaiah 38:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=9) — The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:
- [Ezra 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/1?v=1) — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, the LORD…
- [2 Chronicles 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/21?v=12) — A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “the LORD, the God of David your father, says, ‘Because you have…
- [2 Chronicles 35:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/35?v=4) — Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and…
- [2 Chronicles 36:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/36?v=22) — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the…