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כְּרִית

ke.rit

Cherith

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Strong’s H3747Proper name, a place2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

kerith2

In the text

1 Kings 17:3כְּרִית
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כְּרִית n.pr. the brook where Elijah was hidden

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.