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כְּתָב (ketab)

כְּתָב (ketab) (Aramaic Lexicon • H3792 • writing, inscription, scripture): writing, inscription, scripture. Writing, royal decree, scripture; the divine inscription on the wall (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin, Daniel 5:7 , 8 , 15 , 24 ). It is closely linked with γραφή (graphe) (Greek Lexicon • G1124 • a drawing, painting, writing, that which is written, a writing): a drawing, painting, writing, that which is written, a writing. Primary meaning: a drawing, painting, writing, that which is written, a writing. Strong's: a document, i.e. holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it). Lexical nuances: a drawing, painting . writing ; that which is written, a writing : πᾶσα γ. , II Ti 3:16 ; γ. ἅγιαι , Ro 1:2 ; προφητικαί , Ro 16:26 ; al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν , Mt 26:56 ; ἡ γ., αἱ γ. , the sacred writings, the Scriptures (i.e. the OT; v. Milligan, NTD , 205); in pl., when the sacred writings as a whole are meant, e.g. Mt 21:42 26:54 , Jo 5:39 , Ro 15:4 ; in sing., when a particular passage is refe...

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Meribah 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Ex 17:7 , Deut 33:8 , Ps 95:8 (identified with Rephidim ).) Rezeph (~; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resafa. Referenced in 2 Kgs 19:12 , Isa 37:12 .) Pau (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 36:39 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).) Meribah 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 20:13 , Num 20:24 , Num 27:14 , Ps 81:7 , Ps 106:32 (identified with Kadesh-barnea ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Colossians 2:14 : "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"; John 5:47 : "But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"; John 19:19 : "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.". Related canonical books and chapters: Psalms 93 ( Psalms • Chapter 93 (5 verses)), Psalms 1 ( Psalms • Chapter 1 (6 verses)), Ezra 6 ( Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

γραφή
graphe (graphḗ) [graf-ay']
G1124 Greek noun feminine 50x
a drawing, painting, writing, that which is written, a writing

Primary meaning: a drawing, painting, writing, that which is written, a writing. Strong's: a document, i.e. holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it). Lexical nuances: a drawing, painting . writing ; that which is written, a writing : πᾶσα γ. , II Ti 3:16 ; γ. ἅγιαι , Ro 1:2 ; προφητικαί , Ro 16:26 ; al αἱ γ. τ. προφητῶν , Mt 26:56 ; ἡ γ., αἱ γ. , the sacred writings, the Scriptures (i.e. the OT; v. Milligan, NTD , 205); in pl., when the sacred writings as a whole are meant, e.g. Mt 21:42 26:54 , Jo 5:39 , Ro 15:4 ; in sing., when a particular passage is refe...

Derivation: from G1125 (γράφω);
Meribah 2
48% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Rephidim • 28.731°N, 33.842°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ex 17:7 , Deut 33:8 , Ps 95:8 (identified with Rephidim ).

κρίσις
krisis (krísis) [kree'-sis]
G2920 Greek noun feminine 47x
a seperating, selection, a decision

Primary meaning: a seperating, selection, a decision, judgment. Strong's: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law). Lexical nuances: a seperating , selection (Arist., al.)

Rezeph
45% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 35.950°N, 39.017°E

~; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resafa. Referenced in 2 Kgs 19:12 , Isa 37:12 .

גְּבוּרָה
gebura (gǝḇûrâ) [ghev-oo-RAW]
H1369 Hebrew noun feminine 61x
might, power, heroic strength

Heroic strength, might, victory; power of God demonstrated in creation and in the historical redemption of Israel from Egypt.

Derivation: From גִּבּוֹר (H1368) mighty warrior.
φίλος
philos (phílos) [fee'-los]
G5384 Greek adjective / substantival masculine 29x
beloved, dear, loving, friendly, a friend

Primary meaning: beloved, dear, loving, friendly, a friend. Strong's: actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.). Lexical nuances: pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).

Derivation: properly, dear, i.e. a friend;
Pau
44% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Bozrah 1 • 30.735°N, 35.606°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 36:39 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).

Meribah 1
42% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Kadesh-barnea • 30.688°N, 34.495°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 20:13 , Num 20:24 , Num 27:14 , Ps 81:7 , Ps 106:32 (identified with Kadesh-barnea ).

γράφω
grapho (gráphō) [graf'-o]
G1125 Greek verb 191x
to scrape, graze, to sketch, draw, to write

Primary meaning: to scrape, graze, to sketch, draw, to write, to write of. Strong's: to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe. Lexical nuances: to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw . to write ; of forming or tracing letters on writing material: Jo 8:[6] , Ga 6:11 , II Th 3:17 ; to express in writing, commit to writing, record: Lk 1:63 , Jo 19:21 , 22 Re 1:11 , 19 al.; of scripture as a standing authority (Deiss., BS , 112ff.), γέγραπται , it stands written (Luther), Mt 4:4 , Mk 7:6 , Lk 4:8 , Ro 1:17 , I Co 1:31 , ...

Derivation: a primary verb;
Rembrandt — Belshazzar's Feast (1635)
IMAGE • artwork

The Babylonian king terrorized by the supernatural hand writing 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin' on the wall.

Rembrandt van Rijn • Rijksmuseum / Historical Archive Public Domain Mark 1.0
כֶּבֶשׂ
kebes (keḇeś) [KEH-ves]
H3532 Hebrew noun masculine 107x
lamb, yearling sheep, sacrificial lamb

Young lamb, male yearling sheep without blemish; daily burnt offering (morning and evening tamid), Passover lamb, and symbol of innocent substitute.

Derivation: From an unused root meaning to dominate.
Adullam
37% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.650°N, 35.000°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 12:15 , Josh 15:35 , 1 Sam 22:1 , 2 Sam 23:13 , 1 Chr 11:15 , 2 Chr 11:7 .

Meribah-kadesh
37% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Kadesh-barnea • 30.688°N, 34.495°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 32:51 , Ezek 47:19 , Ezek 48:28 (identified with Kadesh-barnea ).

φανέρωσις
phanerosis (phanérōsis) [fan-er'-o-sis]
G5321 Greek noun feminine 2x
manifestation

Primary meaning: manifestation. Strong's: exhibition, i.e. (figuratively) expression, (by extension) a bestowment. Lexical nuances: manifestation : I Co 12:7 , II Co 4:2 .†

Derivation: from G5319 (φανερόω);
Harosheth-hagoyim
35% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.691°N, 35.110°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 4:2 , Judg 4:13 , Judg 4:16 .

ἐπιφάνεια
epiphaneia (epipháneia) [ep-if-an'-i-ah]
G2015 Greek noun feminine 6x
a manifestation, appear­ance

Primary meaning: a manifestation, appear­ance. Strong's: a manifestation, i.e. (specially) the advent of Christ (past or future). Lexical nuances: a manifestation, appear­ance : II Th 2:8 , I Ti 6:14 , II Ti 1:10 4:1 , 8 , Tit 2:13 (cf. M, Th. , 148 f.).†

Derivation: from G2016 (ἐπιφανής);
Psalms 93
34% Chapter
Psalms • Chapter 93 (5 verses)

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods ha...

Psalms 1
34% Chapter
Psalms • Chapter 1 (6 verses)

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the riv...

Ezra 6
Connected via כְּתָב (ketab) 33% Chapter
Ezra • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon . And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of... Mentions: Zechariah , Iddo , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Babylon , Jerusalem , Persia , Assyria .

Beten
33% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.935°N, 35.271°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:25 .

Mount Carmel
33% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.729°N, 35.050°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 18:19 , 1 Kgs 18:20 , 1 Kgs 18:42 , 2 Kgs 2:25 , 2 Kgs 4:25 .

Naphath
33% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Megiddo • 32.584°N, 35.182°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 17:11 (identified with Megiddo ).

Sea of Jazer
32% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jazer • 31.944°N, 35.728°E

water. Referenced in Jer 48:32 .

ἐπισκοπή
episkope (episkopḗ) [ep-is-kop-ay']
G1984 Greek noun feminine 4x
a visiting, visitation, office, charge, office of an

Primary meaning: a visiting, visitation, office, charge, office of an. Strong's: inspection (for relief); by implication, superintendence; specially, the Christian "episcopate". Lexical nuances: a visiting, visitation ( εἰς ἐ. τοῦ παιδός , Lucian, dial. deor., 20, 6); as in LXX (after Heb.), of God's visitation in mercy, or in judgment ( Le 19:20 Jb 10:12 , Je 6:15 , Wi 2:20 , al.): Lk 19:44 , I Pe 2:12 (v. Hort, in l.).

Derivation: from G1980 (ἐπισκέπτομαι);
דֶּבֶר
deber (deḇer) [DEH-ver]
H1698 Hebrew noun masculine 49x
pestilence, fatal epidemic, plague

Pestilence; part of prophetic triad of covenant curses (sword, famine, pestilence) sent to punish apostasy (Jeremiah 24:10).

Derivation: From דָּבַר (H1696) in sense of destruction.
Daniel 5
31% Chapter
Daniel • Chapter 5 (31 verses)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that ... Mentions: Daniel , Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon .

1 Kings 9:15
30% Verse
1 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 15

Scripture passage in 1 Kings 9:15

Mount Ephron
30% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.676°N, 35.042°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:9 .

Psalms 1:1
30% Verse
Psalms Chapter 1, Verse 1

Scripture passage in Psalms 1:1

Psalms 1:2
29% Verse
Psalms Chapter 1, Verse 2

Scripture passage in Psalms 1:2

Romans 16
Connected via γραφή (graphe) 29% Chapter
Romans • Chapter 16 (27 verses)

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. Greet Pr... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Asia .

Scripture Passages (24)

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John . And they marvelled all.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

All this, said David , the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon , Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah ,

And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel , and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

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.

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.

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:

And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem , he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

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