3789 – כָּתַב (katav)

to write

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	כָּתַב (katav)
Pronunciation:	ka-tav    Listen
Gematria:	422(20 + 400 + 2)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	224 times in OT

Description

1) to write, record, enrol
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
1a2) to write down, describe in writing
1a3) to register, enrol, record
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be written
1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
1c) (Piel) to continue writing

Word root

Word with katav as root:

כְּתָב	ketav	H3791	writing
כְּתֹ֫בֶת	ketovet	H3793	imprint
מִכְתָּב	michtav	H4385	writing

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word katav was translated to the following:

ἀπογράφω	apographo	G0583	tax
γράμμα	gramma	G1121	letter
γραφή	graphe	G1124	scripture
γράφω	grapho	G1125	write
διαθήκη	diatheke	G1242	covenant
δογματίζω	dogmatizo	G1379	be subject to ordinances
ἐν	en	G1722	in
ἐπιγράφω	epigrapho	G1924	write
ἔχω	echo	G2192	have
μερίζω	merizo	G3307	divide

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