Cherith
כְּרִיתStrong’s H3747kerit (ke-rit)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kerit is the Hebrew word usually translated “kerith”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.”
Meaning
- § Cherith = "cutting"
How it's translated
- kerith 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
כְּרִית kerit · Cherith
§ Cherith = "cutting" the brook where Elijah was hidden during a drought; east of Jordan
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.