HebrewH3748Noun (Feminine)

כְּרִיתוּת

ke.ri.tut

4Occurrences
H3748Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from H3772 (כָּרַת);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
divorce, dismissal, divorcement

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

כְּרִיתוּת appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
2
Isaiah
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 24:1BSB

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 24:3BSB

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 50:1BSB

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

Jeremiah 3:8BSB

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.

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