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כָּתַב
kâthab · Hebrew · Strong's H3789 · 225 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “record”
What it means
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, writeing, ten
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“record”
“ten”
“writeing”
also renders gráphō (G1125)
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Where it appears
225 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 4:41 · HTd/Vqsmpa
These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there; and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chronicles 9:1 · HVqsmpa
So all Israel were listed by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
1 Chronicles 16:40 · HTd/Vqsmsa
to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in Yahweh’s law, which he commanded to Israel;
1 Chronicles 24:6 · HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp
Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 29:29 · HVqsmpa
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
1 Kings 2:3 · HRd/Vqsmsa
and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn yourself.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.