Editing Chorath (section)

{{Short description|Seasonal stream mentioned in the Hebrew Bible}}
[[File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 114.png|thumb|right|Ravens feed Elijah by the brook Cherith, from ''[[commons:Die Bibel in Bildern|Die Bibel in Bildern]]'']]

'''Chorath''', '''Kerith''' ({{langx|he|נַחַל כְּרִית|naḥal Kəriṯ}}), or sometimes '''Cherith''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɔr|ɑː|θ}}; from the [[Septuagint]]'s {{langx|el|Χειμάῤῥους Χοῤῥάθ}} {{transliteration|grc|''cheimárrhous Chorrháth''}}), is the name of a [[wadi]] or [[Intermittent river|seasonal stream]]<ref name="Fyvie">Frederick Fyvie Bruce, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0MzO2GD62JUC&pg=PA339 The Gospel of John: Introduction, Exposition, Notes], p. 339. Eerdmans, 3rd edition (1994)</ref> mentioned in the [[Hebrew Bible]].<ref>{{cite web |title= A dictionary of the Bible; comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, and natural history | url= http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/drayton-griffin-and-smith/a-dictionary-of-the-bible-comprising-its-antiquities-biography-geography-and-678/page-78-a-dictionary-of-the-bible-comprising-its-antiquities-biography-geography-and-678.shtml |publisher= Che'rith, the brook |access-date= 26 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Keller |first=David |year=2011 |title=Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers }}</ref><ref name=waheeb>{{cite journal|first=M.|last=Waheeb|title=The Discovery of Elijah's Hill and John's Site of the Baptism, East of the Jordan River from the Description of Pilgrims and Travellers|journal=Asian Social Science |volume=8 |issue=8|year=2012 |doi=10.5539/ass.v8n8p200|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=fitzgerald>{{cite journal |first=S. |last=Fitzgerald |title=Apostolic Geography: The Origins and Continuity of a Hagiographic Habit |journal=Dumbarton Oaks Papers |number=64 |date=2010 |pages=5–25 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1498053 |via=Academia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Life Of John The Elder And The Cave Of Sapsas |url=http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/28/the-life-of-john-the-elder-and-the-cave-of-sapsas.html |publisher=St. Luke the Evangelist Greek Orthodox Church |accessdate=18 September 2014 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226193405/http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/28/the-life-of-john-the-elder-and-the-cave-of-sapsas.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= The Peraea and the Dead Sea|url= http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/mad/sources/sources017.html|publisher= The Madaba Mosaic Map|accessdate= 26 August 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110727182851/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/mad/sources/sources017.html|archive-date= 27 July 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Scott Fitzgerald |year=2016 |title=Literary Territories: Cartographical Thinking in Late Antiquity }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Pustet |first=Anton |year=1901 |title=Studien und Mitteilungen zur Geschichte des Benediktinerordens und seiner Zweige }}</ref> The prophet [[Elijah]] hid himself on the banks of the Chorath and was fed by ravens during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King [[Ahab]] ({{bibleverse|1 Kings|17:3}}).