Kâruthâh — H3773

Definition

feminine noun

something cut, i.e. a hewn timber

1. beams, hewn beams

Usually translated as

beam

Origin

passive participle feminine of H3772

• Kârath (H3772)

Greek equivalents

• katergázomai (G2716)

Occurrences

Kâruthâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (3)

• 1 Kings 6:36 — And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams (כְּרֻתֹ֥ת).
• 1 Kings 7:2 — He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams (וּכְרֻת֥וֹת) upon the pillars.
• 1 Kings 7:12 — And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams (כְּרֻתֹ֣ת), both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.