3792 - kethab

Strong's Concordance

Original word: כְּתָב
Transliteration: kethab
Definition (short): inscription
Definition (full): something written, a writing, record, book

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to kethab
Definition: a writing
NASB Translation: document (3), inscription (7), needed (1), written (1).
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(Aramaic) corresponding to kathab -- prescribing, writing(-ten).

see HEBREW kathab

KJV: And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
NASB: Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
KJV: Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
NASB: even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 kors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt as needed.
KJV: The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
NASB: The king called aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Any man who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom."
KJV: Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
NASB: Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.
KJV: And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
NASB: "Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the message.