Word Study · Strong's H3747 · Hebrew
כְּרִית
Kerith
ker-eeth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kᵉrîyth
“Kerith, a brook of Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Kerith, a brook of Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Cherith.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- כְּרִ֔ית2
How it is rendered · 1
- Kerith2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpl · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 17:3כְּרִ֔יתkeritproper noun (a name)“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.here: Kerith
- 1 Kings 17:5כְּרִ֔יתkeritproper noun (a name)So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.here: Kerith