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Cherith

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(cutting). The place where Elijah was fed by ravens (1 Kings 17:3-5³Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. ⁴And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. ⁵So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (1 Kings 17:3‑5)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Brook or wady “before Jordan,” where Elijah was fed by the ravens during part of the three years’ famine (1 Kings 17:3,5³Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (1 Kings 17:3)
⁵So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (1 Kings 17:5)). It is not identified.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3747 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Kriyth

Phonic:

ker-eeth’

Meaning:

from 3772; a cut; Kerith, a brook of Palestine

KJV Usage:

Cherith

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a cutting

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Cutting; piercing; slaying:― a brook of Palestine, where Elijah hid himself from Ahab, 1 Kings 17:3. {Concidens}