Strong H3746כָּרִי
Carite
- Transliteration
- kârîy
- Pronunciation
- kaw-ree'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of some kind in Gentilic sense
Definition
Perhaps an abridged plural of H3733 in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life guardsman: - {captains} Cherethites [from the margin].
Detailed definition
The Cherethites were a Philistine tribe that served as royal guards for Israelite kings. (2Sa.8.18; 15.18; 20.7; 1Ki.1.38,44; 1Ch.18.17; Ki.11.4; 2Ki.11.19; 2Sa.20.23)
In the biblical story
Cherethite
Member of Philistine tribe serving as royal guard
The Cherethites were a Philistine tribe that served as royal guards for Israelite kings. (2Sa.8.18; 15.18; 20.7; 1Ki.1.38,44; 1Ch.18.17; Ki.11.4; 2Ki.11.19; 2Sa.20.23)
In the Bible
Strong H3746 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- captain2
- cherethites1
First verses
- 2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
- 2 Kings 11:4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king’s son.
- 2 Kings 11:19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.