Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3747: כְּרִית

Kᵉrîyth · pronounced ker-eeth' · “Cherith”

Definition

Kerith, a brook of Palestine

KJV translates it as: Cherith.

Word origin: from H3772 (כָּרַת); a cut;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3747 is translated

  • kerith ×2

Bible verses with H3747 (Kᵉrîyth)

Kᵉrîyth appears in 2 verses.

  • 1 Kings 17:3

    Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

  • 1 Kings 17:5

    So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.