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קָרֵחַ14 H7143
N-proper-ms  |  14× in 1 sense
Kareah; father of Johanan, a Judean military commander after the fall of Jerusalem.
A personal name meaning 'bald one,' borne by the father of Johanan and Jonathan, military leaders who rallied to Gedaliah after Nebuchadnezzar appointed him governor over the remnant in Judah. Kareah's son Johanan warned Gedaliah of the assassination plot by Ishmael son of Nethaniah (Jer 40:13–16), and after the murder, led the surviving community — ultimately against Jeremiah's counsel — down to Egypt (Jer 41–43). The name appears in the parallel account in 2 Kings 25:23 and recurs throughout Jeremiah 40–43. Greek tradition renders it Καρηε/Καρηθ, while translations consistently transliterate: Spanish 'Carea,' German 'Kareach.'
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Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Kareah (קָרֵחַ, 'bald one'), identifying the father of Johanan ben Kareah, the prominent military figure in the post-destruction Judean remnant. BDB confirms the meaning 'bald one.' The name appears exclusively in 2 Kings 25:23 and Jeremiah 40–43, always as a patronymic ('son of Kareah') anchoring Johanan's identity. Transliterations vary slightly across languages — English 'Kareah/Kareach,' Spanish 'Carea/Caréaj,' French 'Kareach,' German 'Kareach/Koreach' — but all preserve the same referent. 14×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Korah Korahite Name
AR["قَاريحَ", "قَارِيحَ"]·ben["কারেহের"]·DE["Kareach", "Koreach"]·EN["Kareach", "Qareach"]·FR["Coré", "Kareach"]·heb["קרח"]·HI["क़ारेख", "कारेह"]·ID["-Kareah", "Kareah"]·IT["Corea", "Kareach"]·jav["Kareah", "Karèah"]·KO["가레아의", "카레아의"]·PT["Qareach"]·RU["Кареаха"]·ES["Carea", "Caréaj", "Qarekha", "Qaréaj"]·SW["Karea"]·TR["Kareah'ın"]·urd["قاریح-نے", "قاریح-کا", "قاریح-کے"]
2 Kgs 25:23, Jer 40:8, Jer 40:13, Jer 40:15, Jer 40:16, Jer 41:11, Jer 41:13, Jer 41:14, Jer 41:16, Jer 42:1, Jer 42:8, Jer 43:2  (+2 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
קָרֵחַ14 n.pr.m. in Judah (bald one);—2 K 25:23, Καρηθ, 𝔊L Καρηε; Je 40:8 + 12 times Je, Καρηε.