The meaning of “כְּרִיתוּת”
Understanding kᵉrîythûwth reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
divorce(-ment). - a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce 1) divorce, dismissal, divorcement
כְּרִיתוּת
divorce(-ment). - a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce 1) divorce, dismissal, divorcement
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.” Word: כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth) | |
| Deuteronomy 24:3 | “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;” Word: כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth) | |
| Isaiah 50:1 | “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.” Word: כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth) | |
| 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; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.” Word: כְּרִיתוּת (kᵉrîythûwth) |
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