קָרֵחַQârêach
proper name, masculine: in Judah (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8)
Pronunciation: kaw-ray'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7143
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 25:23 When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
- Jeremiah 40:8 So they went to see Gedaliah at Mizpah. These included: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
- Jeremiah 40:13 Soon after this, Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 40:15 Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. “Why should we let him come and murder you?” Johanan asked. “What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?”
- Jeremiah 40:16 But Gedaliah said to Johanan, “I forbid you to do any such thing, for you are lying about Ishmael.”
- Jeremiah 41:11 But when Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders heard about Ishmael’s crimes,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).