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H3747 כְּרִית (Kᵉrîyth) ker-eeth'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 3772; a cut; Kerith, a brook of Palestine: -Cherith.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרִית (ke.rit) — Cherith.

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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of Waterbodies

Cherith = wadi; ◄ located east of the river Jordan; ► place where the prophet Elijah hid from king Ahab and was fed by the ravens

1KI 17:3 · 1KI 17:5

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרִית n.pr. the brook where Elijah was hidden base

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