Strong's Definition
from 3789; something written, i.e. a writing, record or book
KJV Usage: register, scripture, writing
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כְּתָב (ka.tav) — writing. 1) a writing, document, edict 1a) register, enrolment, roll 1b) mode of writing, character, letter 1c) letter, document, a writing 1d) a written edict 1d1) of royal enactment 1d2) of divine authority Aramaic equivalent: ke.tav (כְּתָב "inscription" H3792)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · כתב
Languages | ≈ לָשֹׁון
writing system, script = the way a certain language is written
Scrolls | ≈ כְּתָב
writing, written message = a written document, written on an unspecified surface
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כְּתָב n.m. writing register, enrolment
= mode of writing, character, letter
= letter
of a royal enactment, edict
of a writing with divine authority
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