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Strong's #3747 - כְּרִית

Transliteration
Kᵉrîyth
Phonetics
ker-eeth'
Origin
from (H3772)
Parts of Speech
proper noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Cherith = "cutting"
    1. the brook where Elijah was hidden during a drought; east of Jordan

Frequency Lists
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ASV (2)
1 Kings 2
BSB (2)
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CSB (2)
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ESV (2)
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KJV (2)
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LEB (2)
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LSB (2)
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N95 (2)
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NAS (2)
1 Kings 2
NLT (0)
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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
 
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