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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3747 - כְּרִית
Transliteration
Kᵉrîyth
Phonetics
ker-eeth'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H3772)
Parts of Speech
proper noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Cherith = “cutting”
1) the brook where Elijah was hidden during a drought; east of Jordan
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (2)
1 Kings
2
NAS (2)
1 Kings
2
HCS (2)
1 Kings
2
BSB (2)
1 Kings
2
ESV (2)
1 Kings
2
WEB (2)
1 Kings
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
כְּרִית proper name, of a location and כְּרִיתוּת see below כרת.
כרך (√ of following; compare Aramaic כְּרַךְ 
enwrap, surround, כְּרִיכָא, 
bundle, כַּרְכָּא, 
city (+ many other derivatives ); כְּרִיכָא, 
Late Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ, scroll, etc.)
כְּרִית proper name the brook where Eliajah was hidden 1 Kings 17:3,5, identify. dubious; accusative Rob BR ii. P. 288 wady el-Kelt, near Jericho; accusative Buhl Handw 12Wady `Ajlun, east of Jordan, yet see Buhl G. 121.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
כְּרִית (“separation”), [Cherith], pr.n. of a stream to the east of Jordan, 1 Kings 17:3, 1 Kings 17:5.
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List of Word Forms
כְּרִ֔ית כרית kə·rîṯ keRit kərîṯ
