Strong’s H3790 · Hebrew

כְּתַב
kᵉthab
keth-ab'

Definition

{to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3789 (כָּתַב)

Where the KJV renders it

  • write(-ten)

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What the first audience heard

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