H3748 כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth) ker-ee-thooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

divorce

Strong's Definition

a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce

Derivation: from H3772 (כָּרַת);

KJV Usage: divorce(-ment).

TWOT Reference: 1048a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) divorce, dismissal, divorcement

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G647

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרִיתוּת (ke.ri.tut) — divorce. divorce, dismissal, divorcement

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כְּרִיתוּת (H3748)

noun f · כרת

Dissociate

divorce = dissolution of a marriage

DEU 24:1 · DEU 24:3 · ISA 50:1 · JER 3:8

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּרִיתוּת n.f. divorcement base

Bible Occurrences (4)

24:1 24:3

50:1

3:8

Deuteronomy 24:1

If... a man marries... a woman, but she becomes displeasing......... to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

Deuteronomy 24:3

and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies...... -,

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the LORD says: Where... is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that because...... faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce [and] sent her away. Yet [that] unfaithful sister Judah had no fear... and prostituted herself as well.