Cherith (2 Occurrences)

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1 Kings 17:3 "Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 17:5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Thesaurus

Cherith (2 Occurrences)
... Manasseh. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CHERITH, THE BROOK. ke'-rith ... days.
Multi-Version Concordance Cherith (2 Occurrences). 1 Kings ...
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Ravine (26 Occurrences)
... (DBY). 1 Kings 17:3 "Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself
by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. (See NIV). ...
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Torrent (49 Occurrences)
... (DBY). 1 Kings 17:3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself
by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan. (DBY). ...
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Elijah (104 Occurrences)
... Having delivered his message to Ahab, he retired at the command of God to a
hiding-place by the brook Cherith, beyond Jordan, where he was fed by ravens. ...
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Stream (96 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 1 Kings 17:3 Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself
in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. (BBE). ...
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Brook (75 Occurrences)
... MG Kyle. CHERITH, THE BROOK. ... 1 Kings 17:3 "Go away from here, turn eastward, and
hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. ...
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Cherub (21 Occurrences)

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Zarephath (4 Occurrences)
... zar'-e-fath (tsarephath; Sarepta): The Sidonian town in which Elijah was entertained
by a widow after he left the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:9). Obadiah refers ...
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Kerith (1 Occurrence)
... Kerith (1 Occurrence). 1 Kings 17:3 "Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide
yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. (See NIV). ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... When Elijah was concealed by the brook Cherith, God commanded the ravens to bring
him "bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening" (1 ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names

Cherith

cutting; piercing; slaying

ATS Bible Dictionary

Cherith

A small brook flowing into the Jordan, to which Elijah once withdrew, and where ravens brought him supplies of bread and flesh, 1 Kings 17:3-5. Robinson suggests that it may be the present Wady Kelt, which drains the hills west of Jericho, and flows near that town on its way to the Jordan. This brook is dry in summer.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CHERITH, THE BROOK

ke'-rith (nachal kerith; Cheimarrhous Chorrhath): The place where Elijah hid and was miraculously fed, after announcing the drought to Ahab (1 Kings 17:3). It is described as being "before," that is "east," of Jordan. It cannot therefore be identified with Wady el-Kelt, to the West of Jericho. The retreat must be sought in some recess of the Gilead uplands with which doubtless Elijah had been familiar in his earlier days.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A cutting; separation; a gorge, a torrent-bed or winter-stream, a "brook," in whose banks the prophet Elijah hid himself during the early part of the three years' drought (1 Kings 17:3, 5). It has by some been identified as the Wady el-Kelt behind Jericho, which is formed by the junction of many streams flowing from the mountains west of Jericho. It is dry in summer. Travellers have described it as one of the wildest ravines of this wild region, and peculiarly fitted to afford a secure asylum to the persecuted. But if the prophet's interview with Ahab was in Samaria, and he thence journeyed toward the east, it is probable that he crossed Jordan and found refuge in some of the ravines of Gilead. The "brook" is said to have been "before Jordan," which probably means that it opened toward that river, into which it flowed. This description would apply to the east as well as to the west of Jordan. Thus Elijah's hiding-place may have been the Jermuk, in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Strong's Hebrew

3747. Kerith -- a brook where Elijah was hidden
... << 3746, 3747. Kerith. 3748 >>. a brook where Elijah was hidden. Transliteration:
Kerith Phonetic Spelling: (ker-eeth') Short Definition: Cherith. ...
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