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#3774 כְּרֵתִי K@rethiy {ker-ay-thee'}
probably from H3772 in the sense of executioner; TWOT - n/a; adj
—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
Cherethites = "executioners"
1) a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for
king David; also executioners
2) either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)
—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
Probably from
H3772 in the sense of
executioner; a
Kerethite or
life guardsman (compare
H3876), (only collectively in the singular as plural):—Cherethims, Cherethites.
—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)
- #3774.
- כְּרֵתִי
- Kerethi (504d); from 3772; the for. bodyguard of King David:—
- NASB - Cherethites(10).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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AV - Cherethites 10; 10
- Cherethims
- Ezekiel 25:16.
- Cherethites
- 1 Samuel 30:14. 2 Samuel 8:18; 15:18; 20:7. 1 Kings 1:38, 44. 1 Chronicles 18:17. Zephaniah 2:5.
The following translates multiple Hebrew or Aramaic words:
- Cherethites
- 2 Samuel 20:23.
—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
