מִכְתָּב

Strong’s Definition

a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)

Etymology & Derivation

from H3789 (כָּתַב);

KJV Usage

writing.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.writing, thing written
• 2.handwriting
• 3.thing written
• 4.writing

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: miktâb; Pronunciation: mik-tawb'