Lexicon Kerith: a brook where Elijah was hidden Original Word: כְּרִיתPart of Speech: Noun Transliteration: Kerith Phonetic Spelling: (ker-eeth') Short Definition: Cherith NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom karathDefinitiona brook where Elijah was hidden NASB TranslationCherith (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs כְּרִית proper name, of a location and כְּרִיתוּת see below כרת. כרך (√ of following; compare Aramaic כְּרַךְ  enwrap, surround, כְּרִיכָא,  bundle, כַּרְכָּא,  city (+ many other derivatives ); כְּרִיכָא,  Late Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ, scroll, etc.) כְּרִית proper name the brook where Eliajah was hidden 1 Kings 17:3,5, identify. dubious; accusative RobBR ii. P. 288 wady el-Kelt, near Jericho; accusative BuhlHandw 12 Wady `Ajlun, east of Jordan, yet see BuhlG. 121.
Strong's Kerith, a brook of Palestine From karath; a cut; Kerith, a brook of Palestine: see HEBREW karath |
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