Word Study · Strong's H3748 · Hebrew

כְּרִיתוּת

kerithuth

ker-ee-thooth'

Strong's 1890 spelling: kᵉrîythûwth

“a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce

Rendered in the KJV as

divorce(-ment).

4
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

כְּרִיתֻת֙2
כְּרִית֤וּת1
כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָ1

How it is rendered · 3

divorce2
[the] divorce of1
divorces her1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

noun · feminine singular2
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsa · 2
HNcfsc · 1
HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy2 of 4 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 4 · 25%
Jeremiah1 of 4 · 25%

Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Deuteronomy2 occurrences

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 50:1כְּרִית֤וּתkeritutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.here: [the] divorce of

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 3:8כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָkerituteihanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.here: divorces her

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