כְּרִיתוּת
kĕrîtût
divorcement
Strong's H3748NounHebrewTWOT 1048a

כְּרִיתוּת (kĕrîtût) is a Hebrew noun meaning divorcement. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3748).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1048a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1048a)divorcement; cutting, divorce
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כְּרִיתוּת noun, feminine: divorcement

Strong's H3748 כְּרִיתוּת: a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce
KJV:divorce(-ment).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1048: כָּרַת kārat — cut off, cut down; hew, cut, make a covenant; be chewed, fail; destroy, take away, permit to perish; consume, covenant; be con- ate, feller, be freed, make a league, perish

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 24:1Isaiah 50:1Jeremiah 3:8

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