Lexicon :: Strong's H3799 - kāṯam

כָּתַם
Transliteration
kāṯam
Pronunciation
kaw-tham'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1055

Strong’s Definitions

כָּתַם kâtham, kaw-tham'; a primitive root; properly, to carve or engrave, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe indelibly:—mark.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H3799 in the following manner: marked (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H3799 in the following manner: marked (1x).

  1. (Niphal) to be stained, be defiled, be deeply stained

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּתַם kâtham, kaw-tham'; a primitive root; properly, to carve or engrave, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe indelibly:—mark.
STRONGS H3799: Abbreviations
† [כָּתַם] verb only Niph. be stained (Late Hebrew Niph. id. (Jastr); כֶּתֶם blood-stain; כְּתִים (blood-)stained Isaiah 1:18; כִּיתְמָא blood-stain Jeremiah 2:22; Syriac stain, defile, Participle, also Pa. Ethpa., and derivative; Arabic is cover, conceal, so Assyrian katâmu; Zinjirli כתם (?) DHMSendsch. P. 37); —
Niph. Participle, figurative, נִכְתָּם עֲוֺנֵךְ לְפָנַי Jeremiah 2:22 stained is thine iniquity before me (compare English phrase iniquity of deepest dye).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

1:18

Jeremiah

2:22; 2:22