Kᵉrîythûwth — H3748

Definition

feminine noun

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

1. divorce, dismissal, divorcement

Usually translated as

divorcement, divorce

Origin

from H3772

• Derived from Kârath (H3772)

Greek equivalents

• apostásion (G647)

Occurrences

Kᵉrîythûwth occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Deuteronomy 24:1 — 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 (כְּרִיתֻת֙), and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
• Deuteronomy 24:3 — And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement (כְּרִיתֻת֙), 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 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement (כְּרִית֤וּת), 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 — 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 (כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָ); yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.