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Kareah

קָרֵחַStrong’s H7143

qareach (qa-re-ach)

Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qareach is the Hebrew word usually translated “kareah”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

“And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.”
2 Kings 25:23 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23
How it's translated
  • kareah 14

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 13
  • 2 Kings 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

קָרֵחַ qareach · Kareah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23; father of: Johanan (H3110), Jonathan (H3129L) § Kareah = "bald" father of Johanan and Jonathan who supported Gedaliah's authority and avenged his murder

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.