BDB4188
כְּרִית proper name [of a location] and כְּרִיתוּת see below כרת.
Strong's Lexicon
H3748
H3748 — כְּרִיתּוּת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3748 |
|---|---|
| Word: | כְּרִיתּוּת |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H3772 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | kriythuwth |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ker-ee-thooth' |
| Meaning: | 1. a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce |
| KJV Renderings: | divorce(-ment). |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB4217
כְּרִיתוּת noun feminine divorcement; — ׳ כ Isa 50:1 כְּרִיתֻת Deut 24:1; Deut 24:3 plural suffix כְּרִיתֻתֶיהָ Jer 3:8 ׳ סֵפֶר כ writing (i.e. deed) of divorcement, Deut 24:1; Deut 24:3; Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
כריתות (k’ree-thooth’)
Deuteronomy 24:1
- KJV: When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.some…: Heb. matter of nakednessdivorcement: Heb. cutting off
- EHCC: bill of divorcement, (marg. cutti
Isaiah 50:1
- KJV: Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
- EHCC: the bill of your mother's divorcement,
Jeremiah 8:8
- KJV: How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.in vain made…: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood
- EHCC: given her a bill of divorce ;