Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4385
מִכְתָּב
miktabmik-tawb'
writing
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: miktâb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4385is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4385
a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
The King James renders it: writing.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
miktab is rendered "writing". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 32:16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
Exodus 32:16וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a writing2
- in writing2
- an inscription of1
- and by writing of1
- and the writing1
- like the writing1
- writing of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִכְסֶה | mikseh | covering | Uses16 |
| מִכְשׁוֹל | mikshol | stumbling | Uses14 |
| מִכְוָה | mikvah | burn | Uses5 |
| מִכְנָס | miknas | undergarment | Uses5 |
| מִכְלָאָה | miklaah | fold | Uses3 |
| מִכְמֶרֶת | mikmereth | net | Uses3 |
| מִכְסָה | miksah | number | Uses2 |
| מִכְלוֹל | miklol | perfection | Uses2 |
| מִכְלָה | miklah | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלָל | miklal | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלֻל | miklul | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְמַן | mikman | hidden | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב2
- וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב1
- וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב1
- כַּמִּכְתָּ֣ב1
- מִכְתַּ֤ב1
- מִכְתַּב֙1
- מִכְתָּ֔ב1
- מִכְתָּ֖ב1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
three uses
The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
- וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗בvehamikhtavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the writing
- מִכְתַּ֤בmikhtavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: writing of
They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
- מִכְתַּב֙mikhtavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an inscription of
Deuteronomy
one use
And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
- כַּמִּכְתָּ֣בkamikhtavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the writing
2 Chronicles
three uses
Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
- מִכְתָּ֔בmikhtavnoun · masculine singulartagged: a writing
Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
- וּבְמִכְתַּ֖בuvemikhtavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and by writing of
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
- בְּמִכְתָּ֖בbemikhtavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in writing
Ezra
one use
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
- בְּמִכְתָּ֖בbemikhtavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in writing
Isaiah
one use
This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
- מִכְתָּ֖בmikhtavnoun · masculine singulartagged: a writing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.