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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

kros'-wa (perek, literally, "division"): A forking or dividing of the way. Obadiah warns Edom, "And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape" (Obad 1:14). In Septuagint, "a mountain pass."