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כְּרִיתוּת H3748
H3748 is the Hebrew word כְּרִיתוּת, transliterated kᵉrîythûwth and said ker-ee-thooth'. The King James Version most often renders it divorcement.
What it means
a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce.
Where it comes from
from H3772 (כָּרַת).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 4 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: divorce(-ment).
Verses using כְּרִיתוּת
All 4 verses, quoted in full.
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.
Deuteronomy 24:3 · KJV
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
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.
Jeremiah 3:8 · KJV
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3748 mean?
H3748 is the Hebrew word כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth), meaning a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce.
How is H3748 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it divorcement (3 times), divorce (1 time).
How many times does H3748 appear in the Bible?
כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth) is tagged in 4 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3748 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3772 (כָּרַת).
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