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H3793 כְּתֹבֶת (kᵉthôbeth) keth-o'-beth
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 3789; a letter or other mark branded on the skin

KJV Usage: X any (mark)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כְּתֹ֫בֶת (ke.to.vet) — imprint. 1) impression, inscription, mark 1a) in the flesh, perhaps a tattoo

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · כתב

Impact

Collocation: כְּתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע

incision, tattoo, scar = incision in the flesh, made with a sharp knife ► as part of a pagan mourning rite, forbidden by the law

LEV 19:28

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּתֹ֫בֶת n.f. only cstr. Lv 19:28 i.e. a writing (mark or sign) of imprintment, scriptio stigmatis, perh. of tattooing ref

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